Sanjay Leela Bhansali reveals details in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide in three-hour long questioning

Sanjay Leela Bhansali was summoned by the Mumbai Police on Monday and was questioned in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide case. Sanjay said that he has not spoken to Sushant since 2016 and as he was not close to the late actor, Sanjay said he wasn't aware of his depression. 

Sources said that when Sanjay was questioned about Sushant's involvement with two of his films Bajirao Mastani and Ram Leela, he said that Sushant was focused on Yash Raj Films Paani, directed by Shekhar Kapoor at that point in time. 

He said that Sushant refused to work on the two big-budget films and Sanjay also insisted that he never "dropped" Sushant out of his films. According to our sources, the revered filmmaker was questioned by the authorities for 3 hours at Bandra Police Station and later for one hour by Zone 9 DCP Abhishek Trimuke at Santacruz Police Station in Mumbai. 

So far, Mumbai Police has recorded statements of 29 people who were associated with the late actor including his close friends Rhea Chakraborty, Mahesh Shetty, and producer Sandip Ssingh. His family members, domestic help, director Mukesh Chhabra, his co-actor Sanjana Sanghi from his last film Dil Bechara, and his manager were all also questioned.

It was Home Minister Anil Deshmukh who had urged for an investigation into Sushant’s demise and had stated that the "professional rivalry" angle will also be probed. Reports state that Paani director Shekhar Kapoor will be next to record his statement.