Our probe was professional, truthful: Mumbai top cop after AIIMS report

Attempts by some people to malign and defame the image of the Mumbai police force have fallen flat and truth has prevailed said Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh after AIIMS ruled out foul play in actor Sushant Singh Rajputs deathThe Central Bureau of Investigation CBI which has received a conclusive report of suicide by the All India Institute of Medical Science AIIMS has said it is still investigating the caseThe Mumbai police are now investigating to find the people who spread the negative campaign to prove that Sushant was killedWe did a professional jobSpeaking to midday Singh said Truth has prevailed Our investigation was very professional and truthful and we were convinced that the actor committed suicide The forensic reports also confirmed that there was no foul play I welcome that our probe and the forensic reports were upheld by the premier national institute AIIMS as per the media reports Our team of doctors from Cooper hospital and forensic experts also did a professional jobBoth the Mumbai police department and Singh were accused of not handling Rajputs case properly and social media users accused it of hurriedly calling his death a suicide Not only the social media users but some media houses too peddled lies about the case An effort was made to convince the public that Sushant was murdered and we were hiding something but the truth has ultimately come out the commissioner saidMedia spread fake newsAccording to Mumbai police thousands of fake social media accounts were created after some media houses started running a campaign against the department These same accounts were also used to spread fake news claiming the actor was murdered and that the Mumbai police department was shielding some influential peopleIts true several fake accounts were created on social media to defame the Mumbai police department and a motivated campaign was run by some people We are verifying the fake accounts and will take action after the investigation Singh said He added that attempts were made to demoralise and discredit not only the investigating team but the entire police force of MaharashtraSpeaking on the role of some news channels that called Rajputs death a murder Singh said The retired IPS officers have moved a writ petition before the high court which will examine the role of mediaSpeaking about former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey Singh said He is senior to me and like a brother Pandey who recently took voluntary retirement and joined the JDU had raised several questions on the probe by the Mumbai police Now he says that he never said Rajputwas killedI have never said that Sushant was killed in fact the FIR registered in Bihar mentioned abetment to suicide It was the Mumbai police department that behaved unprofessionally when our team landed in Mumbai to investigate the case Nobody was cooperating with our team As far as the AIIMS report is concerned I have not seen that Wait for CBIs conclusive report The agency is investigating the abetment of suicide charge and if it finds any evidence a murder charge can be addedKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news