Mumbai, 14 August
The enforcement board that is investigating the money laundering case with the death of Sushant Singh Rajput has not found any major transactions from the accounts of the late Bollywood actor to the bank accounts of his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty.
However, the ED has found that Rs 15 crore was transacted from his account as claimed by his father KK Singh, said an ED source related to the probe.
The ED source also said the agency will try to monitor in addition to Sushant, who used his debit cards, internet banking, credit cards and other financial transactions.
“We are mapping the transactions in card to control the movement of money from the Sushant account to other accounts and for what purpose,” he added.
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The agency said the agency collects all details about bank transactions to study the mode of payments done through Sushant’s bank accounts.
The source also pointed out that out of Rs 15 crore about Rs 2.7 crore was paid as taxes by the late actor.
Another ED source, related to the probe, also pointed out that Sushant and Rhea, who were in a relationship, spent time with each other. However, there are no such large transactions, he said.
The ED, which took over the money laundering probe on July 31, is also monitoring how Rhea, her brother Showik came together and formed companies with Sushant. Rhea is a director in Vividrage Rhealityx, while her brother Showik is a director in Front India for World Foundation along with Sushant.
The source said the ED is working on every financial transaction to and from Sushant and the sibling bank accounts.
Sushant’s father KK Singh in his complaint to Bihar Police on July 25 claimed that Rs 15 crore was withdrawn or transferred from his son’s Kotak Mahindra Bank account, after which the ED registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act ( PMLA) against Rhea and her family members on 31 July.
Singh also accused Rhea of diminishing suicide by threatening her son to disclose his medical reports to the media.
The late actor’s family accused Rhea of loving her.
The CBI took over the probe on August 7 in Bihar police’s June 14 death of Sushant and named six people, including Rhea and her family members.
The ED so far has included the statements of Rhea, Showik, her father Indrajit, Sushant’s Chartered Accountant Sandeep Sridhar, House Manager Samuel Mirands, flatmate Siddharth Pithani, Rhea’s CA Ritesh Shah, and Sushant’s sister Mitu Singh.
On Thursday, the ED asked Jayanti Saha, a talent manager for celebrity who had previously handled Sushant’s accounts.
Earlier on Friday, the late actor’s personal staff, including his cooks and bodyguard, arrived at the financial probation agency’s office for questioning. IANS
