The Bihar government on Friday (August 7) filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that the transfer petition filed by actress Rhea Chakraborty, who is accused of criminal conspiracy and abetment of suicide in Sushant Singh Rajput death case, is 'misconceived and not maintainable'. The affidavit, filed by Bihar SSP, has named Rhea Chakraborty as prime accused in Sushant death case and accused the actress and her family of coming in contact with the 'Kedarnath' star with the sole intention of grabbing his money. It also states that the actress painted a false picture of his mental illeness and claimed that she took Sushant to her house and used to give her an overdose of medicines.
According to news agency ANI, the Bihar government said it has the jurisdiction to investigate the matter. It also said that Chakraborty’s submission that the entire cause of action arose in Mumbai and it has no jurisdiction to register FIR is liable to be rejected in view of the provisions under section 179 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). Chakraborty had last month moved the Supreme Court demanding that the FIR registered in Bihar against her be transferred to Mumbai where police are already investigating the actor’s death. She had alleged before the Supreme Court that Rajput’s father has used his “influence” in roping her in the FIR lodged at Patna accusing her of abetment of suicide of his son. Rajput, 34, was found dead in his apartment in Mumbai’s Bandra on June 14.