Mumbai: Mumbai Police, on Friday, has recorded the statement of renowned celebrity manager Reshma Shetty in connection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.
The Mumbai police questioned Reshma for five hours, reads an ANI tweet. The celebrity manager is among 35 people who were summoned by the police to record their statement in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide.
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Bandra Police has recorded the statement of Celebrity Manager Reshma Shetty, in questioning which went on for 5 hours. Statements of 35 people have been recorded so far: Mumbai Police on actor #SushantSinghRajput death case pic.twitter.com/2EjCtzwnzI
— ANI (@ANI) July 11, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Bandra Police has recorded the statement of Celebrity Manager Reshma Shetty, in questioning which went on for 5 hours. Statements of 35 people have been recorded so far: Mumbai Police on actor #SushantSinghRajput death case pic.twitter.com/2EjCtzwnzI
— ANI (@ANI) July 11, 2020Bandra Police has recorded the statement of Celebrity Manager Reshma Shetty, in questioning which went on for 5 hours. Statements of 35 people have been recorded so far: Mumbai Police on actor #SushantSinghRajput death case pic.twitter.com/2EjCtzwnzI
— ANI (@ANI) July 11, 2020
Reshma, who has worked with several Bollywood A-listers including Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Alia Bhatt among others, was questioned for five hours at city's Bandra police station.
For unversed, celebrity or talent managers play a key role in most endorsements being bagged by the actors they handle.
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On July 6, ace Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali also recorded his statement. His statement was recorded over three hours at Bandra Police Station, during which time the filmmaker was accompanied by his lawyer. The filmmaker had said that he had approached Rajput for as many as four films including Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram-Leela (2013), Bajirao Mastani (2015) and Padmaavat (2018).
Meanwhile, Mumbai Police has, over the past weeks, also recorded statements of Sushant's family, staff, a few of his friends, and rumoured girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, besides filmmaker Mukesh Chhabra and actress Sanjana Sanghi who worked with the late actor in his upcoming last film Dil Bechara.
Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging in his Mumbai residence on June 14. The actor's postmortem report stated his death was a suicide.
Mumbai Police is investigating the death of the actor, though many fans on social media have been demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the case.
