CBI questions Rhea Chakraborty in case

MUMBAI: Actor Rhea Chakraborty, accused of abetting the suicide of filmstar Sushant Si ngh Rajput, r e ached t he Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) guest house in Mumbai on Friday for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), an official said.

This is for the first time that Rhea Chakraborty (28) is being questioned by the CBI in the Sushant death case.

She was summoned by the central agency to appear before its probe team on Friday around 10.30 am, the official said.

Rhea Chakraborty, Rajput’s girlfriend, left her residence around 10 am to reach the DRDO guest house in suburban Santacruz, where the probe team is stationed, the official said.

Before Rhea Chakraborty’s arrival, Rajput’s friend and flatmate Siddharth Pithani and manager Samual Miranda had reached the DRDO guest house to join the investigation, the official said.

The CBI team, which is in the city since the last eight days to investigate the Sushant death case, on Thursday recorded the s t a t e ment o f h e r b r o t h e r Showik Chakraborty. The recording of statement lasted for more than eight hours.

The CBI has so far questioned the late actor’s flatmate Pithani, cook Neeraj Singh and domestic help Deepesh Sawant, among others, as part of its probe in the high-profile case.

Earlier, before the CBI took over the probe, the Mumbai Police had recorded the statement of Rhea Chakraborty in connection with Rajput’s death.

The Supreme Court last week upheld the transfer of a first information report, lodged by Rajput’s father in Patna against Rhea Chakraborty and others for allegedly abetting his son’s suicide and misappropriating his money, to the CBI.

The 34-year-old actor was found hanging in his flat in suburban Bandra on June 14.