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Fans had been tweeting that Sushant Singh Rajput's Wikipedia page was updated before the actor's demise on June 14, 2020
Updated : Jul 02, 2020, 10:20 AM IST | Edited by : Shaheen Irani
Sushant Singh Rajput's demise came as a shock to his fans, who have been suspecting the actor was murdered. They pointed out that Wikipedia had revealed the actor's death even before it actually happened and was discovered by the police at 12.30 pm. However, is that the truth? Here's taking a closer look at it.
The Wikipedia page was updated at 8.59 am, a minute before Sushant spoke to his sister on call. The actor reportedly drank juice at 10 pm and locked himself in his room. That left fans wondering who was able to predict Sushant's death hours before the actor was actually found dead.
#JusticeForSushantSinghRajput
— rohit singh (@rsi37246971) June 30, 2020
According to report sushant 10 bje juice pi ke room mai gye fir 8:59 mai hi Wikipedia kaise update ho gya ki unhone suicide kiya it's well planned murder.. #CBI @narendramodi @pmo @AmitShah @rashtrapatibhvn @PMOIndia @rajnathsingh
CBI pic.twitter.com/3pc9Hb0ZZ8
How this can be possible? According to police Sushant singh talked to his sister at 9am, and on Wikipedia someone updated at 8:59am that he committed suicide!! How is this possible? #AmitShahDoJusticeForSSR pic.twitter.com/bbsEbGteFF
— Piyush Dutta (@iamPiyushDutta) June 30, 2020
#SushantSingRajput #justiceforSushantforum
— Ravi Prakash Agrawal (@raviprakashagr1) June 30, 2020
Police discovers Sushant is dead at 12:30 PM, while wikipedia was updated at 9:01 AM with his status as dead. pic.twitter.com/avVWVe0G5P
8:59 am 14th June Sushant’s Wikipedia was updated & mentioned that he is committed suicide!!! Who was this astrologer ???@MumbaiPolice please don’t tell us that he updated his Wikipedia before his death, cause user id is avialable there... #cbiforsushant @RoopaSpeaks pic.twitter.com/3zVgYhQGEd
— Team Sushant Shingh Rajput (@DjJnf2) June 29, 2020
Sushant's page was indeed updated at 9 am, like mentioned in the tweets, but there is a crucial detail which the fans missed. Wikipedia updates on Coordinated Universal Tiem (UTC), which is approximately 5.30 hours behind the Indian Standard Time (IST). Hence, if the Wikipedia page was updated at 9 am UTC, the page was actually updated around 2.29 pm IST, which is when news of Sushant's demise broke.
Sushant was found hanging in his Bandra home on Sunday, June 14, 2020. The actor's househelp discovered his body. Sushant did not leave any suicide note, post which the Mumbai Police has been investigating if there was any foul play in the actor's death. They have currently investigated over 28 people, including Sushant's close friend Rhea Chakraborty and his 'Dil Bechara' co-star Sanjana Sanghi.