ED records film director Jaffery statement in PMLA case
An eight-member team of CBI SIT headed by a Joint Director left for Mumbai on Thursday to probe the mysterious death of film actor Sushant Singh Rajput even as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recorded the statement of film director Rumi Jaffery in a related money laundering case.
The CBI SIT team comprises JD Manoj Sridhar, Deputy Inspector General and supervisory officer Gagandeep Gambir, Superintendents of Police Nupur Prasad and Ravi Gambhir besides Additional Superintendent of Police and Investigating Officer Anil Kumar Yadav and two constables, sources said.
After reaching Mumbai, the CBI team is expected to visit the scene of crime and also undertake crime reconstruction besides seeking the documents related to the accidental death probe, autopsy report and other such materials from the Mumbai Police, they said.
The CBI move comes a day after the Supreme Court okayed the registration of the case by the Patna Police on a complaint from Rajput’s father and subsequent transfer of the FIR to the CBI. The CBI had on August 6 re-registered the case naming the same set of accused including actress Rhea Chakraborty, her relatives, Rajput’s business managers and friends among others.
Soon after the SC judgment approving the CBI probe into the issue, the CBI had said, “The investigation related to death of Sushant Singh Rajput is continuing. The CBI team will visit Mumbai in due course for further investigation. Other details can not be shared at this stage.”
Meanwhile, the ED on Thursday recorded the statement of film maker Rumi Jaffery in connection with a money laundering case registered after taking cognisance of the Bihar Police FIR into the FIR relating to abetment to suicide of Rajput.
Jaffery’s statement was recorded with regard to his reported plans of directing a movie with the late actor and the finances involved in that project, sources said.
Jeffery had earlier been questioned by the Mumbai Police which was probing the death of the actor under the accidental death report (ADR) procedure of the CrPC.
Rajput (34), was reportedly found hanging at his home in a Bandra locality in Mumbai on June 14.
