CBI For SSR- A Ray of Hope to Justice

For more than 64 days of the battle for justice finally, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered CBI investigation to be carried out for SSR’s case. This verdict from Supreme Court comes as a ray of hope to Sushant’s family, fans, and everyone who has been fighting for justice.

The Days of Battle for Justice for SSR

Media Taking Lead

Within these 64 days, we have seen so many twists and turns coming on this case each day a new revelation and a new acquisition. News media played a significant role in carrying out the investigation and not letting the incident die off.

Kangana Ranaut Bold Statement on SSR’s Death

Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in mysterious condition at his Bandra Apartment on June 14. Mumbai police at a much early stage of investigation declared this to be a suicide out of depression.
The death of the young actor who was already a star in Bollywood came as shock to the entire nation. People were not ready to accept his death so easily, there was much speculation being made on his death. It was on the very next day of his suicide Kangana Ranaut released her video accusing the Bollywood fraternity being responsible for the actor’s death. She was the first among the popular faces who came forward and urged for proper investigation.

Mumbai Police Investigation

As per the provisional post mortem report the actor death cause was mentioned to asphyxia due to hanging. Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police started questioning some of the biggies of Bollywood fraternity. The statements from casting director Mukhesh Chabra was recorded. Ramleela director Sanjay Leela Bhansali was also questioned as the late actor was reported to be a part of Bhansali film which was later done by Ranveer Singh. Statements were also recorded from Aditya Chopra, as there was an allegation on Yash Raj production. The late actor was in a three-film contract with them but the third film was called off due to some dispute with the production house.

Mumbai police further noted statements from the late actor’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, who revealed Sushant was suffering from depression and was under clinical treatment. She also added the actor was not regular with his medicines. With this information, the Mumbai police went on to record statements from three psychiatrists and one psychotherapist. It has also been said Sushant was not consistent with his Doctors and kept on changing them. Mumbai Police also took a statement from the existing managerial staff of Sushant who also addressed Sushant was in depression.

So, by this time Sushant Singh Rajput’s death was directed towards affirming suicide due to depression. People were on the verge of getting convinced the actor was suffering depression targetting the Bollywood Industry for creating immense pressure for an outsider to make a place in Bollywood.

Sushant’s Father Lodged FIR against Rhea

The case took a turn when the late actor’s father filed an FIR in Patna against his son’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and 5 others on the charge of abetment to suicide. One of the popular news channels took over to this case and started their parallel investigation with all efforts to validate the mysterious death of the actor.

Bihar Police on Probing the Case

The very next day a team of Bihar police landed on Mumbai to probe the case. On this Rhea Chakraborty made a plea to Supreme Court the case should not be transferred to Bihar police stating this case does not fall under Bihar police jurisdiction. Just a few days earlier it was Rhea Chakraborty who in her social media account requested to Maharsatra government for a CBI investigation on Sushant Singh Rajput case.

Money Laundering Case on Rhea and Showick Chakraborty

Rhea Chakraborty along with her brother Showik Chakraborty was also accused of money laundering cases from Sushant’s account. The late actor’s father reported money fraudulent cases of around 15 crores on Rhea Chakraborty from his son’s account. The Enforcement Directorate has been carrying an inquiring session with Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty who were supposedly partners in the late actor’s company. ED has logged Enforcement Case Information Report for SSR’s death case.
The ED team has also interrogated Sandip Sridhar who was the Chattered Accountant of Sushant.

Bihar Vs Mumbai Police on SSR’s case

By then the cold battle between Mumbai Police and Bihar Police was on the high end. The IPS officer who reached Mumbai to lead the probe of the SSR death case by the Bihar Police team was quarantined by the Municipal authorities of Mumbai even though Bihar Police had well informed about his arrival and has also followed proper quarantine guidelines.

Concern Raised By Media Investigations

With all the tussle ongoing between Mumbai and Bihar Police, one of the popular news channels continued their investigation on bringing up shocking facts and findings. Even after 64 days of the actor’s death, no FIR was lodged by Mumbai Police. Few CCTV videos were being fired by a news channel showing the presence of an unknown man carrying a black bag in the crime scene along with the Police. Even footage was leaked where a woman was seen entering the apartment without any restriction when the body was moved to the ambulance. The pictures of the actor’s body that went viral also shown the mark around his neck were someway not convincing this can happen by hanging on a cotton cloth robe. Also, the body posture when the body was lying down on the bed was straight but while taking to the stretcher the body was laid sidewise with legs being curled into a baby pose. Even the height of the body on the ambulance stretcher is a question as it seemed to be longer than Sushant’s height. The presence of two ambulance theory with three different reasons coming from three ambulance people was a matter of concern.
Sushant was living in his apartment with his team and staff none of them were interrogated and were not restricted from moving out of the state.

CBI For SSR Campaign across the Globe

All these loopholes made the suspicion stronger towards the death mystery of the actor. All this while the news media remained consistent in giving all the latest updates related to the case. Soon a campaign CBIforSSR started where millions of people not just from India but across the globe joined this movement to seek justice for SSR. More than 3.1 million people joined the campaign and pleaded for the CBI investigation for SSR.

Supreme Court Announcement has Openned the Doors to Justice

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced its verdict for the death case of SSR will be governed by the independent body, CBI. The Supreme Court has come out with clear guidelines on SSR’s case. SC has rejected the plea of Rhea Chakraborty of transferring the case to Mumbai from Bihar Police, stating the Bihar government has the right to give consent to CBI to probe the case. A single bench judge of Justice by Hrishikesh Roy gave the verdict. The SC ordered Mumbai Police to cooperate with CBI and hand over all the investigation so far. Also, the Supreme court stated if there is any other case found linked to SSR’s case should also be investigated by CBI.

Finally, the prayers of millions have seen a ray of hope to seek justice for the departed soul. All this while, a big appreciation is well deserved by the news channels who continued to raise questions and ignited concern among the people to fight for truth that we all deserve to know. This has been the first campaign that involved the support of millions of people coming together to seek justice for Sushant Singh Rajput. The man has left us but made us believe the truth can be difficult to achieve but not impossible and also no power is more powerful than people coming together to fight for the truth. We all hope now justice will be served to the lost soul.

Yet one question remains alive if this has been so difficult for a Bollywood celebrity’s death just to have a fair investigation, how difficult would be for a common man to seek justice in this nation?

Also Read: You may also read our article on 10 questioned remained unanswered on Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case.