CBI team probing Sushant’s case reaches Mumbai, exempted from home quarantine
21 Aug 2020 08:49:17
MUMBAI,
A CENTRAL Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team reached Mumbai on Thursday evening for probe into the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, even as the Municipal Corporation announced that it has been exempted from home quarantine. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had quarantined Bihar IPS officer Vinay Tiwari earlier this month after his arrival to oversee probe in the actor’s death case. A BMC official said, the central investigation agency had applied for exemption from the home quarantine rule. “They are on official duty and sought an exemption from quarantine norms.
They have been given exemption from the home quarantine rule,” said the official. The team is likely to stay in the city for around 10 days, another official said. As per Maharashtra Government norms, Government officials on important duty and doctors on COVID-19 duty are exempt from the home quarantine rule for a period of seven days, but have to apply to BMC for an exemption if they plan to stay in the city for over a week.
The CBI team, which includes forensic experts, landed at Mumbai airport around 7.30 pm, an official said, adding that it will visit the actors residence, where he was found dead. Mumbai Police will hand over evidence collected in the case to CBI and will help in the investigation, he said. The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the transfer of an FIR, lodged at Patna against actress Rhea Chakraborty and others for allegedly abetting Rajput’s suicide, to the CBI.
ED records statement of Rumi Jaffery
MUMBAI,
Aug 20 (PTI)
THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday recorded the statement of film maker Rumi Jaffery in connection with a money laundering case probe linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, officials said. They said Jaffery reached the central probe agency’s office at Ballard Estate here around 11:30 am. The director’s statement, as per sources, is being recorded with regard to his reported plans of directing a movie with the late actor and the finances involved in this upcoming project. Jaffery has earlier been questioned by the Mumbai Police which is probing the death of the actor under the accidental death report (ADR) procedure. Rajput (34), was found hanging at his home in a Bandra locality here on June 14.