Sushant Singh Rajput, 34, was found dead in his Mumbai apartment on June 14.
Mumbai:
After it was revealed that the AIIMS medical board on the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput concluded that it was a suicide and not a murder in their report to the CBI, Mumbai police said today that what they had always known had been reaffirmed. “We always knew what the reality was,” Mumbai Police Chief Param Vir Singh told NDTV.
NDTV reported Saturday that the AIIMS panel told CBI that there is no evidence that the 34-year-old movie star was killed, ruling out the poisoning and strangulation theories raised by his family and lawyer.
Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead on June 14 in his Mumbai apartment. Mumbai police, based on the autopsy, had been investigating it as a suicide. But the allegations by Sushant Singh Rajput’s family and speculation on social media and channels raised questions that became part of a CBI investigation.
Sushant Singh Rajput’s family lawyer, Vikas Singh, had accused the Mumbai police of ignoring vital leads pointing to foul play and also spoiling the crime scene and the guts report.
“We have always held that ours was a professional investigation. The autopsy was carried out in a professional manner. When the Supreme Court asked us to send our report, we did so. The court found no fault when it received our confidential report,” Param Vir Singh said.
“We found out from the news channels that the conclusion was unanimous that it was a suicide and not a murder. The truth always prevails. It has an ugly way of coming out of the closet.”
The Mumbai police chief added that “there was no chance for relief” and said: “We worked with integrity and were never stressed by our investigation.”
When asked why the Mumbai police did not pursue any suicide instigation cases, Singh replied that the investigation was turned over to the CBI before it could reach the scene. “We were investigating an accidental death report, which we stopped as soon as the CBI took over. We did not want our investigation to clash with that of another professional agency,” Mumbai chief police officer said.
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