As twists and turns continue, here's what has happened in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case so far

In the most recent development in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, Shweta Singh Kirti, the late actor’s sister, penned a note to the Prime Minister on Saturday stating that she was expecting justice to prevail and requesting him to make sure that no evidence was tampered with.

Before sharing the note on Twitter, she posted another picture on Instagram of a to-do list on a whiteboard that the late actor had made before his demise. It listed things like wake up early, watch movies/series, learn guitar, workout, transcendental meditation. The picture was captioned, “Bhai’s White Board where he was planning to start his workout and transcendental meditation from 29th June daily. So he was planning ahead.” The 34-year-old actor was found hanging in his rented apartment in Mumbai's Bandra on June 14.

On July 16, actress Rhea Chakraborty, Rajput's girlfriend, took to Twitter to request Union Home Minister Amit Shah to order a CBI inquiry to understand what "pressures" prompted actor Sushant Singh Rajput to take the extreme step of suicide. This was the first time Chakraborty had publically spoken about the incident.

"I only want to understand what pressures , prompted Sushant to take this step," she has said.

On July 25, Rajput's father had lodged an FIR at Rajiv Nagar police station in Patna against Chakraborty and six others, including her family members, accusing them of abetting the actor’s suicide. He alleged that the actress was aided by her family members, including parents, since they all were looking to purloin the assets of his son worth crores of rupees and started interfering in all aspects of his life.

The case was lodged under various sections of IPC including 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 380 (theft in dwelling house), 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust), 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 306 (abetment of suicide).

To counter that, Chakroborty on July 29 moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of the FIR from Patna to Mumbai and the stay on the investigation by the Bihar police. The Mumbai Mirror reported that Chakraborty had mentioned in her plea to the apex court that one of the witnesses was pressurised to blame her in the case before the Mumbai Police. Chakraborty had also alleged that Rajput’s father has used his "influence" in roping her in FIR lodged at Patna.

Rajput's father then filed a caveat in the Supreme Court on July 30 and sought a hearing before any order was passed on Chakraborty's plea.

On July 31, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a case of money laundering against Chakraborty, based on the FIR filed by Rajput's father. The agency would be looking into allegations of mishandling of the Rajput's money and his bank accounts as well as whether his income was used for creating illegal assets.

On the same day, Chakraborty, in reply to all the accusations hurled at her, posted a video saying that she believed she would get justice.

“I have immense faith in God and the Judiciary. Even though horrible things are being said about me on the electronic media, I will refrain from commenting on them as advised by my lawyer as the matter is sub-judice. Satyameva Jayate. The truth shall prevail.” The apex court is scheduled to hear Rhea Chakraborty's plea on August 5.

Rajput's father had also accused Chakraborty and her family of unexplained money transfer from the actor’s account. However, investigations by Mumbai Police clarified on Aug 1 that no big amount of money was missing from Sushant’s account, the Mumbai Mirror reported.

Prior to this, a number of Bollywood personalities like Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Yash Raj Films’ Chairman Aditya Chopra, movie critic Rajeev Masand’s statements were called in for questioning by the Mumbai Police who had also recorded Chakraborty's statement on June 18.

Insider v/s outsider

A strong debate on insider versus outsider and nepotism ensued following the actor's demise. It was alleged that there was a powerful Bollywood lobby that made it extremely difficult for Rajput to work in big-banner projects. Stars like Kangana Ranaut, Ranvir Shorey, acclaimed music director AR Rahman and various others have voiced their anger against this so-called lobby.

A criminal complaint was also filed in a Bihar court on June 17, accusing Bollywood celebrities like Salman Khan, Karan Johar, Ekta Kapoor, Aditya Chopra and Sanjay Leela Bhansali of abetting the suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

(With inputs from PTI)