Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) recorded Thursday the statement of filmmaker Rumi Jaffery. Filmmaker Rumi Jaffery was interrogated in connection with a money laundering case probe. The investigation is linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, officials said. They said Jaffery reached the central probe agency’s office at Ballard Estate here around 11.30am.
The director’s statement, as per sources, is being recorded with regard to his reported plans of directing a movie with the late actor. Also the aspect of who would have financed the film is being taken into consideration. Jaffery has earlier been questioned by the Mumbai Police which is probing the death of Rajput.
The actor was found hanging at his home in a Bandra locality here June 14.
Early this week, the agency had recorded the statement of Rajput’s father KK Singh in this case. The father had July 25 filed a complaint with the Bihar Police in Patna against Rajput’s friend and live-in partner Rhea Chakraborty. Others included in the complaint were Chakraborty’s family members including mother Sandhya Chakraborty and brother Showik, Rajput’s manager Samuel Miranda and Shruti Modi and unknown persons. Rajput’s father had accused them of cheating and abetting his son’s suicide.
The ED case under the criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been filed on the basis of this FIR.
