Mumbai: As the "toxic Bihari families" comment continues to create a stir on the internet, Sushant Singh Rajput's brother-in-law took to social media and slammed the idea, calling it nothing but "toxic journalism."
In a blog post, Sushant's brother-in-law Vishal Kriti wrote: "I wanted to let it go since, despite the tragedy in the family, I have to work just like many of Sushant’s other family members and after a long work-week, I was reluctant about addressing these issues."
"But decided otherwise since I found out that this was affecting not only my loved ones but people from Bihar in general," he added.
The news article that called out "toxic" Bihari families for putting undue pressure on their male offspring also pointed out that the family dynamics in the state is such that the son of the family is expected to be the ideal, just like "Shravan Kumar."
Dismissing the claim that Bihar families can't stand girlfriend, Vishal stated: "Many people know that Sushant dated Ankita (Lokhande) for at least six years and they lived together for a good portion of that relationship. People have seen great pictures of Ankita and Sushant’s family together and almost everyone knows that some members of Sushant’s family, including my wife, are in constant touch with Ankita."
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Speaking on depression, Vishal mentioned, "mental health is an outcome of biology and the environment," and that Rhea Chakraborty had created a "hostile environment" for Sushant.
Defending his views, Vishal concluded: "I am from Bihar as well and my parents don’t have any toxic attitude towards my wife, who was also my girlfriend for nearly four years before I got married and we have been married for thirteen years."
Meanwhile, Sushant Singh Rajput's father KK Singh on Saturday (August 8) moved the Supreme Court filing a counter-affidavit against the plea of Rhea Chakraborty, in which the actor urged the top court to transfer the case from Patna to Mumbai. Singh, 74, stated in the affidavit that since the investigation into the FIR has already been transferred to the CBI, Rhea's plea seeking transfer of probe to Mumbai stands "infructuous."
