Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh announced on Tuesday an investigation into “the conspiracy to defame the Mumbai and Maharashtra police” for the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and blame the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He asked the BJP and former Prime Minister Devendra Fadnavis to apologize for defaming them.
Deshmukh said that the Mumbai Police Crime Branch and the Maharashtra Police Cyber Crime Branch will carry out the investigation.
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HT reported Tuesday that the Mumbai police cyber unit submitted a report to Commissioner Param Bir Singh saying that at least 80,000 fake social media accounts were created in nine countries as part of an “orchestrated campaign” to discredit the force and To the Maharashtra government for the death investigation.
Singh said the campaign was carried out against the Mumbai police to demoralize them.
The 34-year-old Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai home on June 14, prompting speculation about the cause of his death. Mumbai police called several members of the film industry for questioning before the actor’s family filed a police report in Bihar alleging a conspiracy behind the death and blamed his friend, actress Rhea Chakraborty, for it.
The Central Investigation Office, the Enforcement Directorate and the Narcotics Control Office are investigating the case.
A medical team from the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi (AIIMS) has ruled out the possibility of the Rajput assassination.
Deshmukh cited a Michigan State University report on the social media campaign on Rajput’s death and said he found out that BJP hatched the conspiracy to defame the Mumbai and Maharashtra police. Deshmukh said the BJP used “some people out of state” as “puppets” to smear Maharashtra. “The study report has indicated that SSR [Sushant Singh Rajput] The case study reveals the BJP’s hand in hatching the conspiracy theory in the case. “
Deshmukh said that some television channels were at the forefront of this conspiracy. “The cyber crime cell of the Maharashtra Police will investigate the fake accounts created as part of the conspiracy.”
He cited the opinion of the AIIMS team and said it has supported his position that there was no poisoning in the death. “The Supreme Court … applauded the investigation by the Mumbai police. Some BJP leaders attacked the Mumbai police for political gain in the Bihar elections. They even crossed the line and called in the Bombay police mafia. ”He said Fadnavis also targeted the Mumbai police, doubting their competence.
BJP dismissed Deshmukh’s charges. “We strongly condemn political and false accusations … The BJP or Devendra Fadnavis will never allow themselves any illegal activity. Deshmukh is the most irresponsible interior minister Maharashtra has ever had. You should drive the probe. We are not against it, ”said BJP leader Atul Bhatkhalkar.
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