The CBI has conducted a detailed investigation in connection with the death of Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput and the agency continues to maintain that “all aspects are being looked at and no aspect has been ruled out.”
CBI Superintendent of Police Nupur Prasad in a letter addressed to BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said, during the course of the probe CBI teams visited Aligarh, Faridabad, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Manesar and Patna and examined all the witnesses.
During the probe, the agency deployed advanced mobile forensic equipment, including latest software for extraction and analysis of relevant data available in the digital devices and also for analysis of dump data of the cell phone tower locations related to the case, she said.
The CBI response came following a letter from Swamy dated July 30 addressed to the Prime Minister.
“After taking over the investigation, a team of experienced investigating officers was constituted for looking into the circumstances relating to unnatural death of Sushant Singh Rajput. The investigating team took over the case papers of FIR No 241/2020 from Patna Police. The CBI also took over the case papers of ADR (Accidental Death Report) No. 43/2020 under Section 174 of CrPC relating to the unnatural death of Sushant Singh Rajput from PS-Bandra, Mumbai,” the CBI said.
The investigating team along with senior officers visited all places like Aligarh, Faridabad, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Manesar (Gurgaon) and Patna, the CBI said in the letter.
The investigating team and senior officers had visited the place of the incident on numerous occasions for a better understanding of the circumstances related to the incident. The Experts of Central Forensic Science Laboratory, CBI, New Delhi considered to be the best in their fields in India, also visited and examined the place of incident. The experts also carried out the simulation exercise, it said.
The Forensic Medicine Experts also visited the place of incident, mortuary of Cooper Hospital during the night and also discussed the case with autopsy surgeons to understand the procedure of post-mortem adopted by them.
During investigation, all the witnesses have been examined to understand the circumstances, apprehensions raised by the complainant and his family members and other independent sources. An intensive and thorough investigation has been carried out in connection with the case, it said.
“The CBI is conducting the investigation in a thorough and professional manner using the latest scientific techniques. During the investigation, all aspects are being looked at and no aspect has been ruled out as on date,” it added.