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INTERROGATION: Rhea Chakraborty, girlfriend of the late Sushant Singh Rajput, photographed outside the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Mumbai on Monday. Photo: PUNIT PARANJPE / AFP
Three months after the sudden death of Sushant Singh Rajput, the Indian police have expanded the investigation. The accusations hail and the media boil.
VG mentioned the sudden death of the 34-year-old in June. Rajput was found dead in his own home in Mumbai. The police concluded first with a suicide, then an accident. The Indian media has written a lot about the case and has constantly reported that the star decided to take his own life.
In the wake of the tragedy, there has been a strong focus on mental health in the Bollywood community, as well as what Reuters says is described as nonstop coverage of violent allegations between Rajput’s family members and his surviving girlfriend, the Bollywood actress. Rhea Chakraborty (28), and others. in the circle of the couple.
POPULAR: Sushant Singh Rajput pictured at a movie premiere in Mumbai in 2016. Photo: STR / AFP
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What’s new now is that the Mumbai police are investigating whether there is a drug-related criminal act behind the Rajput’s death.
On Tuesday, the drug police arrested Rhea Chakraborty, whom the Rajput allegedly married later this year. The 28-year-old has been in several interrogations in recent weeks.
Deny blame
Chakraborty consistently denies wrongdoing. Attorney Satish Maneshinde strongly disassociates himself from the arrest and calls it “a mockery of justice.”
The Hindustan Times reports that Chakraborty is accused of supplying drugs to the Rajput. She has been transferred to a women’s prison and the request for bail must be rejected. Several others are also said to have been detained, including a Chakraborty relative.
Drug Police Chief Mutha Ashok Jain says that after three days of questioning, they have enough material to arrest.
-But I don’t want to comment on the evidence in the case, he tells the newspaper.
Fiscal
The 28-year-old, also known as VJ, has been followed by the press since the Rajput’s death and has endured fierce speculation in the media that she may have been to blame for what happened.
Rajput’s family has been featured in the media with allegations, including that she used black magic and was a contributing factor.
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SURROUNDED: Rhea Chakraborty surrounded by a large press rally after being questioned in late August. Photo: FRANCIS MASCARENHAS / Reuters
Tuesday’s arrest does not lessen the media storm. American People also mentions the case.
Rajput and Chakraborty became a couple last summer and moved in together in December.
Powerful media referees
The death of Rajputs has become a huge topic of conversation in the Indian media. According to Reuters, more is being written about this than about the corona pandemic and other big news.
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HEAVY: Police try to keep journalists and photographers away from the car with Rhea Chakraborty. Photo: FRANCIS MASCARENHAS / Reuters
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Federal police, the Mumbai Supreme Court and the government’s censorship body, the Press Council of India, have harshly criticized the massive coverage.
– I have worked 21 years in the television industry and I have never seen anyone reach the bottom level in such a bad way. This is like a lawsuit in the media. I’ve never seen such malicious reporting before, says Nidhi Razdan, who left television to teach journalism.
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Rajput made his screen debut in 2013 with the film biography “MS Dhoni: The Untold Story”, in which he played the role of cricket hero Mahendra Singh Dhoni. For this, he was honored in his home country with an award for best actor. Rajput also starred in the television series “Pavitra Rishta” from 2009 to 2014.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after the death:
«A brilliant young actor passed away prematurely. (…) I am shocked by the death, and my thoughts turn to his family and friends.»
Mumbai, the film capital of India nicknamed Bollywood, supplies the nation with around 800 musical and dance dramas and movies in Hindi every year. That’s three times what is produced in Hollywood.
