Sushant Rajput case: Former chief police officers said that the media is carrying out a smear campaign.
Eight former high-ranking Maharashtra police officers have gone to the Bombay High Court, alleging a media trial in the Sushant Singh Rajput case and what they called an “unfair, malicious and false media campaign” against the Mumbai police. The former officers also alleged that a section of the media has been trying to influence the course of the investigation and appealed to be asked to stop spreading “false, derogatory and scandalous” content that defames the city police. .
“The presenters of some television channels have been running a virtually 24×7 vituperative campaign against the Mumbai police and their boss … attacking them by name in the most improper way. This irresponsible and maliciously false propaganda is likely to erode public trust in the institution of the police, “the former officers said in the petition.
“Mumbai Police are one of the oldest police forces in India and have always enjoyed a very high reputation for their professional trust and public service. Therefore, any malicious attempt to run them over is not in the public interest,” it said the petition.
The former officers said they have no objection to the media covering the case, but the outright lies should end. “Media organizations should be instructed to ensure that information about ongoing investigations is conducted in a balanced, ethical, impartial and objective manner and not to turn such information into a media trial and smear campaign against the police and others “the petition reads. which was presented on August 31st.
The list of petitioners is who’s who of the Maharashtra and Mumbai Police: Former Chief of State Police MN Singh, PS Pasricha, DK Sivanandan, Sanjiv Dayal, Satish Mathur and K Subramanyam, former Mumbai Police Commissioner DN Jadhav, and former Deputy Director General KP Raghuvanshi.
“The way Mumbai police were attacked in the Sushant Singh Rajput case – I welcome the PIL presented by retired IPS officials,” Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh was quoted as saying by the news agency. ANI. “The Maharashtra police and the Mumbai police have reputations. The Maharashtra police are compared to the Scotland Yard police,” added the minister, who had previously refused to turn the case over to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Mumbai police have been investigating allegations of nepotism and cliques in the Hindi film industry that are said to have led to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. But the case was turned over to the Central Bureau of Investigation after a long legal dispute. The actor’s family had filed a case in Patna accusing his friend Rhea Chakraborty of having a role in his death. Ms. Chakraborty went to court and asked that the case be transferred to Mumbai.
In its ruling, the Supreme Court said that since the Mumbai police had registered only one accidental death report, it had limited investigative powers. Bihar police, however, registered a “full-fledged FIR” that is already referred to the IWC, the court said, adding that a “fair, competent and impartial investigation” is the need of the moment.
Three central agencies, the Central Investigation Office, the Enforcement Directorate and the Narcotics Control Office, are now investigating the events surrounding the actor’s death, which took place in June.
The Directorate of Enforcement is investigating the money laundering allegations against Rhea Chakraborty and her family. The Narcotics Control Office is investigating allegations that she supplied drugs to Sushant Singh Rajput. Rhea Chakraborty and her family have denied all the allegations.
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