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CBI to Bombay HC: CBI denies leaking information about Sushant death case

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: October 23, 2020 18:09 IST

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigating the death case of Sushant Singh Rajput's told the Bombay High Court ...

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigating the death case of Sushant Singh Rajput's told the Bombay High Court on Friday that it had not leaked any information related to the case to the media.

Hearing PILs about "media trial" in the case, the court remarked that the media has become "polarised" and it was a question not of regulation but "checks and balances".

Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, representing the CBI, asserted that the Enforcement Directorate and Narcotics Control Bureau, which are also probing cases related to the actor's death by suicide in June, too had not leaked any information.

All the three central agencies had filed affidavits in the court stating that they had not leaked any probe-related information, he said.

"We know our responsibilities and there is no question of leaking information by any of the agencies," the ASG added.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni was hearing final arguments on public interest litigations seeking that the media be asked to be restrained in its coverage of the probe into the actor's death.

The HC is hearing arguments on whether a statutory mechanism is required to control the TV news content.

The hearing will continue next week.

Tags: Central Bureau Of InvestigationSushant Singh RajputSushant Singh Rajput DeathBombay High CourtCBI
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