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By Venkatesh Raghavan*
Mumbai: Even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sought to consolidate its stand on probing the Sushant Singh Rajput suicide abetment case, seeking the apex court’s directive for receiving all cooperation into the investigations from the Mumbai police, the other nodal agency in charge of financial irregularities, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has met with a mellow response while following the money trail.
It was reliably learnt that the enforcement agency was unable to detect any instance of significant direct transfer of funds from Sushant’s account into that of Rhea’s or any of the others the ED is probing. The report coming from ED sources also said that the money trail being probed was over the period of the past one year.
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As intimated, the initial amount in Rajput’s reserves stood at Rs. 15 crores at the onset of the previous financial year. Subsequently, the actor made payments related to his tax obligations and also travel requirements. The ED also was able to ascertain that the live-in partners, Sushant and Rhea did not operate any joint account.
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Meanwhile, the Bihar government contended that the Maharashtra police had failed to lodge a FIR owing to political pressure from their bosses. The Sushant case in which the Supreme Court verdict on Rhea’s plea seeking a transfer of the probe to Mumbai police is yet awaited, witnessed lengthy submissions by Sushant’s father KK Singh. The crux of the allegation was that as a father he was prevented by the accused persons (Rhea and members of her family) from being able to contact his son and ascertain his well-being.
*The writer is a senior journalist
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