In the past few days numerous Bollywood actors had joined the growing social media chorus demanding a CBI probe into Sushant Singh Rajput death. Actor Sooraj Pancholi was among those who urged the Supreme Court to hand over the case to the investigation agency. The Satellite Shankar star, who was dragged into the cases of Sushant and Disha Salian, owing to multiple conspiracy theories and speculations, linking him to Disha, has welcomed SC’s decision of handing over the Sushant case to CBI. In his Interview to Bombay Times Sooraj said, “I am happy he got CBI, at least the rumour mongers will shut up now. I am as happy as Sushant family’s right now. My concern was his family. They should get the closure that they have been asking for. I wish the CBI had stepped in a little earlier but it’s never too late. I am happy that they have it now. I am sure the CBI will do justice to this case.”
Continuing further he said, “I don’t know if CBI will have that much time but if they do, I would want them to investigate the people who have been spreading fake news, lies and rumours. Acting like they were witnesses to it. They are as involved in misleading the investigators, creating confusion in this case as anybody else. They need to be investigated. Irrelevant television debates feed on these rumours. I hope that the media will report whatever the CBI investigates truthfully. The media should show what is happening instead of concocting facts. Sushant Singh Rajput, 34, was found dead in his Mumbai apartment on June 14. The Mumbai Police said it was suicide and had been investigating whether he was suffering from depression and had felt slighted by film industry insiders and cliques.More than a month later, Sushant Singh Rajput's father KK Singh filed a case in Bihar accusing Rhea Chakraborty and her family of cheating his son financially and mentally harassing him.