Sushant death: ED to probe `15cr suspicious transaction

■ Agency registers money laundering case

Actress Rhea Chakraborty faces more trouble as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday registered a money laundering case against her and her family on the basis of a Bihar police FIR in which Sushant Singh Rajput’s father has accused them of abetting the Bollywood actor's suicide.

Chakraborty, 28, meanwhile, broke her silence over the FIR filed against her to say “Satyamev Jayate” (truth shall prevail), and that she had immense faith in god and the judiciary. She said this in a brief video statement released through her lawyers.

According to sources, the agency has taken cognisance of a Bihar Police FIR registered against actress Rhea Chakraborty and some others to slap criminal charges under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). A case under the provisions of the PMLA has

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been filed in the case related to the death of the actor and the alleged financial irregularities being suspected to have been done against the deceased, they added.

Rajput’s father Krishna Kumar Singh (74) had on Tuesday lodged a police complaint against Chakraborty, her family members and six others on charges of alleged abetment to suicide of his son. Singh has accused Chakraborty of having befriended his son in May 2019 with the intention of furthering her own career. The ED will probe allegations of alleged mishandling of Rajput’s money (around `15 crore) and his bank accounts. The agency will probe if anyone used Rajput’s income for money laundering and creating illegal assets, sources said.