The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned Sandeep Sridhar, Chartered Accountant of deceased Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, in connection with a money laundering case against his girlfriend actress Rhea Chakraborty and others.
The ED registered the case under Prevention of Money Laundering Act last week after taking cognisance of a Bihar Police FIR against Chakraborty, her family members and others under the Indian Penal Code Sections relating to cheating, theft, criminal breach of trust and abetment to suicide. The Patna Police had registered its case following a complaint from Rajput’s father Krishna Kumar Singh.
Sources said Sridhar appeared before the agency’s office in Mumbai for questioning.
Sridhar was earlier questioned by the Mumbai Police at his apartment in Mumbai on June 14.
Sridhar was questioned by the ED officials about the banking transactions between Rajput and Chakraborty, the sources further said.
They said other accused in the money laundering case, including Chakraborty’s relatives, will also be summoned soon for questioning in the ongoing money laundering probe.
During his questioning by the Mumbai Police, Sridhar had claimed that no major fund transfer from Rajput’s account to Chakraborty’s accounts were undertaken, except in tranches of a few thousand rupees.
The ED is seeking to ascertain the veracity of allegations of Rs 15 crore fraud involving alleged fund transfers from Rajput’s accounts to those of others.
In his complaint filed before Patna Police, Rajput’s father Krishna Kumar Singh had accused Chakraborty and her family members of defrauding Rs 15 crore from his son’s accounts.
In the complaint, Singh had alleged, “In 2019, Sushant had Rs 17 crore in his account but within months, Rs 15 crore was transferred to the accounts not linked to him. It should be investigated as to how much of that money has been defrauded by Rhea and her associates.”