This story is from August 3, 2020

Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case: Bihar IPS officer in Mumbai, told to quarantine by BMC

Days after a Bihar police team reached Mumbai to probe the Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case, a turf battle has broken out between law enforcement officers from the two regions, with even ministers weighing in to control the investigation. Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh said the Bihar team had exceeded their brief: the law requires an offence to be probed by police and courts within whose jurisdiction it has been committed.
Sushant Rajput death: Bihar cop probing the case 'forcibly quarantined' in Mumbai
Sushant Singh Rajput
MUMBAI/DELHI/PATNA: Days after a Bihar police team reached Mumbai to probe the Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case, a turf battle has broken out between law enforcement officers from the two regions, with even ministers weighing in to control the investigation. Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh said the Bihar team had exceeded their brief: the law requires an offence to be probed by police and courts within whose jurisdiction it has been committed.

With the Bihar cops’ attempt to access documents linked to the alleged suicide of Sushant’s ex-manager Disha Salian (28) stonewalled, the Bihar government sent Patna city SP Vinay Tiwary to Mumbai to “remove obstacles”. However, the IPS officer was reportedly forced into quarantine. Patna IG Sanjay Singh confirmed to TOI that Tiwary had been stamped with a mandatory quarantine by BMC. He said they will look into the matter on Monday.
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Amid turf battle, Bihar DGP says Rhea is ‘absconding’
Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray met chief secretary Sanjay Kumar, police commissioner Parambir Singh and DGP Subodh Jaiswal on Sunday evening in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput case. “He just wanted to take a review of the investigation and technicalities as one more state (Bihar) is also involved in the probe of the case,” said a senior official.
The view that the Sushant case deserved a deeper, more independent probe continued to find takers, especially among politicians and the bureaucracy in Bihar. Union minister R K Singh who served as Union home secretary and is BJP MP from Ara, said, “Grievances of Sushant’s family are genuine. Mumbai police did precious little after the incident. They didn’t lodge a formal FIR even after interrogation of a number of suspects.”

Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai residence on June 14. An FIR has been registered in Patna on a complaint filed by Rajput’s father K K Singh against actor Rhea Chakraborty under sections including abetment of suicide. Bihar police may up the ante in coming days and get a lookout notice issued against Chakraborty. State DGP Gupteshwar Pandey said on Sunday, “She is absconding. She has her own sources in Mumbai for helping her out there.” That those questioning the probe were divided on political lines was evident. Singh’s reactions came hours after Congress incharge for Bihar Shaktisinh Gohil defended Maharashtra government, saying, “The Bihar police should focus on the investigation rather than indulging in mudslinging…”
Maharashtra state home minister Anil Deshmukh said that the Mumbai police were moving in the right direction.
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