There was no murder in the Sushant Singh Rajput case and it was a case of suicide, a team of doctors from Delhi’s AIIMS has said in its opinion to CBI.
There was no murder in the Sushant Singh Rajput case and it was a case of suicide, a team of doctors from Delhi’s AIIMS has said in its opinion to CBI, NDTV reported quoting sources as saying. Theories of poisoning and strangling floated by the actor’s family and their lawyer have also been dismissed.
On June 14, the 34-year-old movie star was found dead in his Mumbai apartment. However, the Mumbai police faced criticism for calling it a suicide based on the autopsy. A campaign on television and social media was run to demand justice for the deceased actor.
The AIIMS Panel has completed the examination and closed the file after giving conclusive medico-legal opinion in this case and the CBI is corroborating the report with their investigation, sources told NDTV.
Sources also said that the CBI is likely to continue its probe into “abetment to suicide”, the charge that was originally listed by the Bihar Police.
The AIIMS panel has concurred with the autopsy report of the Mumbai Hospital, which had found “asphyxia due to hanging” as the cause of death.
Circumstantial evidence also suggests that it was a case of suicide and not murder, sources added.
“All aspects are still open in the probe, if any evidence comes to light proving otherwise, Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (murder) will be added, but nothing has come up in 45 days of probe,” the sources were quoted as saying by NDTV.
The CBI was called in for investigation in this case by the apex court, after Sushant’s family filed a case accusing the actor’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty of mentally harassing him, medicating him, exploiting him for money and playing a role in his death.
20 people have been questioned by the investigating agency to date in its 57 days of probe.
“All aspects are being looked into including murder angle. So far, no evidence has come up to prove it to be a case of murder. If during the course of investigation, we get any evidence, murder charge will be added. For now, abetment to suicide and other charges in the FIR are being probed,” NDTV quoted sources as saying.
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