The Mumbai Police, who have recorded the statement of a dozen people in connection with the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, took a deep dive into probing the professional rivalry link.
The Bandra police have sought details of contracts from a top production house with whom Sushant had signed up for at least two movies.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has assured that the professional rivalry angle behind the 34-year-old actor ending his life would be probed.
In the past five days, the police have already recorded statements of around a dozen persons including Sushant's friends like Rhea Chakraborty and Mahesh Shetty, and casting director Mukesh Chhabra, two cooks and a house help, the actor's father and sister.
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"Keeping in view the professional angle, police have started calling some prominent production houses for inquiry. As part of that, police on Thursday sent a letter to Yash Raj Films, seeking details of all the contracts it had signed with the deceased actor," a senior police officer said.
"We have also asked for the copies of the contracts that Yash Raj Films had signed with the actor," he added.
In the next few days, police may also call those people, who had played a role in signing of contracts between the actor and the production houses for their projects, the officer said.
Rajput had worked in two Yash Raj Films movies - Shuddh Desi Romance (2013) directed by Maneesh Sharma and in director Dibakar Banerjee-directed Detective Byomkesh Bakshy (2015).
His third film with the banner was supposed to be Paani, directed by Shekhar Kapur. However, YRF had reportedly backed out of the project later.
(With Inputs from PTI)
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