Mumbai: After the Supreme Court nod, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) started Friday its probe into the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. The CBI team visited various parts in the city as it collected relevant documents and reports from the Mumbai police, officials said. The CBI team will also visit a number of other places in the city, sources said.
A special investigation team of the CBI, consisting of officers, other personnel and also forensic experts, landed here Thursday evening. They then took over probe into the high-profile case which has received much media attention.
Getting down to business, CBI officials Friday morning brought Rajput’s cook for enquiry at DRDO and IAF guest house in suburban Santa Cruz. The visiting probe team members are staying at these two places.
A vehicle, in which the cook was seen sitting next to a CBI official, was spotted entering the guest house complex. The probe team will also record statements of people connected with the case, sources said.
It will also scan financial transactions of the 34-year-old actor.Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead June 14 in his apartment in suburban Bandra.
Another team of the CBI, led by a superintendent-rank officer, reached the Bandra Police Station. It was at this police station where the ADR (accidental death report) was registered after the alleged suicide by the actor, an official said.
The team collected case diary of the ADR and other important documents related to the investigation of the case. Among them were the autopsy and forensic reports, said an official. The CBI team also met DCP Abhishek Trimukhe, who was heading the Mumbai police probe team.
The CBI squad will also visit Rajput’s flat in ‘Mont Blanc’ building where he was found hanging. The team will recreate the crime scene at the spot during the investigation, sources said.
