The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday questioned actress Rhea Chakraborty’s associate Samuel Miranda for the second consecutive day in connection with a money laundering case relating to film star Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.
The ED questioned Miranda about the finances of Rajput, sources said.
ED had lodged a money laundering case against Rhea Chakraborty and her family members after Rajput’s father had filed a complaint before Patna police and accused the deceased actor’s girlfriend of swindling his funds to the tune of Rs 15 crore.
Earlier, the ED had registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act after taking cognisance of the Bihar police FIR.
Miranda’s questioning comes a day ahead of Chakraborty’s grilling as she has been summoned by the agency to appear before it on Friday in Mumbai.
Earlier, the agency had grilled Rajput’s Chartered Accountant Sandeep Sridhar who had in his statement before the Mumnai police claimed that no major transactions were made to Rhea Chakraborty from the late actor’s account.
Miranda’s statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Miranda has been named as an accused in the case.
Miranda was reportedly named by Rajput’s brother-in-law and IPS officer OP Singh in his WhatsApp message to Mumbai Police DCP Paramjeet Dahiya. OP Singh wanted the Mumbai police to informally interrogate Samuel Miranda, according to Dahiya.
According to OP Singh, if Miranda was kept in custody informally for a day, then he would have spilled the beans about Chakraborty who was allegedly controlling Rajput’s life, reports said.
Miranda, according to allegations, was recruited by Chakraborty as Sushant’s house manager and was looking after the employees and house expenses.