Sushant Singh Rajput Death: Supreme Court reserves order on Rhea Chakraborty's plea

Supreme Court has announced its verdict with regards to the petition filed by Rhea Chakraborty wherein she requested the transfer of the FIR filed against her, from the Bihar Police to the Mumbai Police. After hearing arguments by Rhea’s lawyer, Sushant Singh Rajput’s family lawyer, the counsel representing Maharashtra Govt and the Solicitor Genenral of India, the Supreme Court asked for brief written notes from all parties by Thursday. The judgement has been reserved and the next hearing is scheduled for Thursday, August 13

Rhea Chakraborty's counsel Shyam Divan informed the Supreme court that the government of Maharashtra had filed an affidavit through the Investigating Officer. Rhea's counsel told the Court that the IO said that 56 persons have had their statements recorded and that the investigation is going on in a free and fair manner. Further, advocate Shyam Diwan said that the details of the investigation have been shared with the SC in a sealed cover.  Rhea Chakraborty's counsel told the SC that there can't be executive actions that nullify the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction and that the case could be transferred to the CBI if the Court ordered so and not on the recommendation of the government of Bihar.

Arguing for Sushant Singh Rajput's family in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, senior advocate Vikas Singh submitted that Rhea Chakraborty who was in a relationship with Sushant 'distanced his family from him'. Singh claimed that till May Rhea had distanced Sushant's sisters from him but the actor and his father had visited their hometown together in May. After their visit, Sushant's father kept telling Rhea that he wanted to talk to his son but she did not respond, Vikas Singh said in the top court. The senior advocate also went on to say that the Mumbai Police is not apprehending the real accused in the case and is heading in a 'completely different direction.' The family lawyer also claimed that evidence in the case is 'being destroyed' every day.