SC verdict today on Rhea’s transfer plea

NEWDELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday will pronounce its verdict on a petition filed by actress Rhea Chakraborty seeking transfer of a first information report (FIR) lodged against her by Sushant Singh Rajput’s father from Patna to Mumbai.

Sushant’s father KK Singh in his complaint mentioned about ~15 crore transaction from his son’s accounts and suspected Rhea of blackmailing his son and seizing control of his bank documents and credit cards.

A single judge bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy will deliver the verdict at 11 am. The judgment was reserved on August 11 after the court heard the lawyers appearing for Rhea, Sushant’s father, Bihar government, Maharashtra government and the CBI.

The CBI took over the investigation of this case from Bihar Police on August 5 and is now pursuing the charge of abetment of the late actor’s suicide against Rhea and her family members.

The verdict will decide whether the FIR being investigated by CBI against Rhea, her parents, brother, and two associates can continue or the same should be transferred to Mumbai Police. Rhea stated in her petition that Bihar Police could not have registered the FIR on July 25 against her and her family as the incident (of Sushant’s death) took place in Mumbai. The 34-year old actor’s body was found lying in his Bandra flat on June 14.

The CBI maintained that the FIR lodged by Sushant’s father in Bihar is the only FIR filed in this case as the Mumbai Police is only inquiring an accidental death report, which is an enquiry into a suicide death.