The CBI had in March filed its closure report in the five-year-old case before a magistrate court's in suburban Mumbai's Bandra. The matter was later transferred to Esplanade court in south Mumbai, which hears CBI cases
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging from the ceiling of his apartment in Bandra on June 14, 2020. File Pic
A Mumbai court has issued a notice to Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty, seeking her response to the closure report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the filmstar Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, reported the PTI.
The CBI had in March this year filed its closure report in the five-year-old case before a magistrate court's in suburban Mumbai's Bandra.
The matter was later transferred to Esplanade court in south Mumbai, which hears CBI cases.
In its conclusive medico-legal opinion to CBI, forensic specialists at All India Medical Sciences (AIIMS) had dismissed the claims of "poisoning and strangling" made in the case.
The central agency had recorded the statements of Rhea Chakraborty and others in his close circle, and collected the actor's medical records.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate R D Chavan, presiding over the matter at the Esplanade court, earlier this month issued a notice to the original informant/victim/aggrieved person in the case (Chakraborty), according to the PTI.
Rhea Chakraborty had filed a complaint against Sushant Singh Rajput's sisters and a doctor alleging they were responsible for his death.
The matter will be next heard on August 12.
The CBI, after probing the case, submitted a closure report.
The court, after hearing parties concerned, has to decide whether to accept the report or order further probe by the agency, as per the PTI.
During its investigation, the CBI had recorded statements of Chakraborty, who was said to be in a relationship with Rajput, and others in his inner circle, and collected the movie star's medical records.
Sushant Singh Rajput,34, who hailed from Bihar, was found hanging from the ceiling of his apartment in Bandra on June 14, 2020.
Initially investigated by Mumbai police, the case was later transferred to the CBI.
The central agency had also taken over the probe from the Bihar Police which had registered an abetment of suicide case against Rhea Chakraborty on a complaint filed in Patna by Sushant Singh Rajput's father K K Singh.
In his complaint, Rajput's father had alleged that Rhea Chakraborty, along with her family members, misappropriated his son's money, a charge denied by her in television interviews, the news agency reported on Tuesday.
(with PTI inputs)
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