Rhea Chakraborty grilled by CBI for 9 hours on Day 3 in Sushant case

Actor Rhea Chakraborty, accused of abetting her boyfriend and filmstar Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide, was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials for the third consecutive day on Sunday (August 30). She was grilled for around nine hours.

Showik Chakraborty, brother of the 28-year-old actor, was also questioned by the CBI officials on Sunday for the fourth day in a row, an official said.

“Rhea Chakraborty and her brother together reached the DRDO guest house at Kalina in Santacruz, where the probe team is stationed, around 10.30 am,” he said. A Mumbai Police vehicle escorted the car in which the two arrived at the guest house, he said.

Rajput’s manager Samual Miranda and domestic help Keshav also reached the guest house in the morning.

“Rhea and her brother left the guest house around 7 pm,” the official said, adding that the central agency has questioned the actress for around 26 hours in three days.

Four women constables from Vakola Police Station were sent to the DRDO guest house to accompany Rhea during the interrogation, he said.

Rhea had been questioned for nearly 10 hours on Friday and allowed to return home under police escort as a large number of media personnel were present outside her building. She was quizzed for around seven hours on Saturday.

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Chakraborty’s brother is being questioned by the CBI since Thursday. On Saturday, the CBI also questioned Rajput’s flatmate Siddharth Pithani, cook Neeraj Singh and accountant Rajat Mewati at the guest house.

Rajput (34) was found hanging in his flat in suburban Bandra on June 14.

Rhea had been earlier questioned by the Mumbai Police in the case. The Enforcement Directorate has also quizzed her in a related money laundering case.

The Supreme Court last week upheld the transfer of an FIR, lodged by Rajput’s father in Patna against the actress and others for allegedly abetting his son’s suicide and
misappropriating his money, to the CBI.

(With inputs from agencies)