Mumbai: Few hours after Sushant Singh Rajput's father released a video statement saying that he had informed Mumbai Police in February that his son's life is in danger, the family released screengrabs of WhatsApp messages to bolster their claim.
In the messages that were reportedly exchanged between Sushant's family and senior officials in Mumbai Police, it was alleged that the Kedarnath starrers' girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty had taken him to a resort, and isolated him from his family.
More messages were exchanged on February 25 to which the Mumbai police official had replied, "Noted sir." One of the messages by the sender read, "... Just after a couple of days of the association, she moved in at Sushant’s place. On the pretext of curing him of depression, she and her family took him to a resort near the airport and kept him there for three months together. Since then, they are managing him and his business affairs. He is downhill since then."
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More chats hint at how the family was worried that Sushant may be in danger and had told the official, "Budha, his DCE classmate who stays with him. He’ll get you the background. The idea is that he should not be hurt for being all by himself there."
It further read, "When the matter went out of hand, Sushant called up my wife to be rescued. He stayed with us 2-3 days. went back fine citing his shooting commitments. He is downhill again with reports of Rhea firing all Sushant’s loyal team members and putting her own stooges."
Another message read, "His third sister, a Delhi-based lawyer, who used to be with him and visit him frequently is panicky that he has surrendered to a manipulative group of people and his life is at risk."
Earlier, Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey also requested Rhea to join the investigation and confirmed that while they have attempted getting in touch with her, they were unable to.
However, Rhea's lawyer Satish Maneshinde today, responding to Bihar DGP's claim, said that Rhea isn't missing and that she has recorded her statement with the Mumbai police.
