Sushant death: ED summons Rhea, family in money laundering case

Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty, her father Inderjit Chakraborty and brother Showik Chakraborty have been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday (August 10) for questioning in the Sushant Singh Rajput case.

The ED has also summoned Sushant’s friend Siddharth Pithani who had failed to appear in Saturday’s interrogation.

Acting on the complaint of Sushant’s father KK Singh, the ED has filed cases of money laundering against Rhea and five others over “suspicious transactions” worth ₹15 crore from the actor’s bank account. In his FIR filed with Bihar police, Singh had held Rhea responsible for the siphoning of the amount and abetting the suicide of his son.

This is the second time Rhea will be questioned by the ED in the case. She was interrogated for more than eight hours on Friday. Her brother Showik and former manager Shruti Modi were also quizzed in separate rooms the same day. Showik who will be questioned for the third time on Monday, was interrogated for over 18 hours at the ED’s Mumbai office on Sunday, reports said.

According to reports, ED has said while money has been transferred from Sushant’s account to Rhea’s, it was nowhere close to the alleged amount of ₹15 crore.

Rhea who refutes all accusations on Saturday released two photos of a water bottle and a gratitude note written by Sushant, which she claimed was the only property she has of her late beau.

Thirty-four-year-old Sushant was found hanging in his Bandra residence on June 14, in what was called a suicide by Mumbai police.