Rhea Chakraborty wasn't allowed to attend Sushant Singh Rajput's funeral, says advocate Satish Maneshinde
Advocate Satish Maneshinde's statement comes just days after the Bihar Police claimed that its team is unable to "locate" Rhea Chakraborty.
While talking to the media recently, actor Rhea Chakraborty's advocate Satish Maneshinde has revealed a few key facts pertaining to the case of investigation of the actor in connection with the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. Rhea Chakraborty's advocate has said that the actor has always been living in Mumbai and that she was not allowed to attend Sushant Singh Rajput's funeral.
It was further said that the Mumbai Police had summoned Rhea Chakraborty on June 18 and July 17 and that the Bihar Police has no jurisdiction to investigate the case legally. His statement comes just days after the Bihar Police claimed that its team is unable to "locate" her.
Notably, Sushant Singh Rajput's father on Monday had claimed that the Mumbai Police were warned about the threat to the late actor's life in February. A few hours after that, the Mumbai Police counterclaimed KK Singh saying that he never made any written complaint about it with them.
Mumbai Commissioner Param Bir Singh, confirming the same, said that the police had was no information about the complaint made on February 25, however, in the evening, the Mumbai Police stated that there was information but there was no written complaint.
Rhea Chakraborty's advocate Satish Maneshinde has said that the actor has always been living in Mumbai. She was in Mumbai on June 14, the day Sushant Singh Rajput died, but was not allowed to attend his funeral, the advocate said.
"Rhea was summoned by Mumbai Police on June 18 at Bandra police station. Her statement was recorded there. Subsequently, she was summoned to appear on July 17 at Santacruz police station. She appeared and recorded her supplementary statement," the advocate said
Regarding the Bihar Police investigation, Rhea's advocate said, "Later on when the Bihar Police came to Mumbai to investigate a case on the basis of an FIR registered at Patna, she approached the Supreme Court and filed a Transfer Petition on July 30 for transfer of the case to Mumbai."
The advocate elaborated, "She approached the Supreme Court in view of the legal position that a case registered beyond the jurisdiction of the local police station where the alleged incident has taken place can only record a ' Zero FIR' and transfer it for the investigation to Mumbai where the criminal law has already been set in motion. The Bihar Police has no jurisdiction to investigate the case legally and otherwise."
Meanwhile, Sushant Singh Rajput's father on Monday had claimed that the Mumbai Police were warned about the threat to the late actor's life in February. A few hours after that, the Mumbai Police counterclaimed KK Singh saying that he never made any written complaint about it with them.