Late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
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The CBI has filed a closure report in the alleged suicide case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, officials said Saturday.
The CBI has submitted its findings before a special court in Mumbai which will now decide whether to accept the report or order further probe by the agency, the officials said.
Rajput was found hanging from the ceiling of his apartment in suburban Bandra in Mumbai on June 14, 2020. He was (34).
Here is a timeline of all events related to the case:
June 8, 2020:
Disha Salian, the talent manager of actor Sushant Singh Rajput falls to death from a penthouse in Malad.
June 14, 2020:
Sushant Singh Rajput's body was found hanging from the ceiling of his rented accommodation in upscale Bandra.
Post-mortem conducted in Cooper Hospital at Vile Parle
Mumbai Police registers ADR, records statement
June 15, 2020
The last rites of Sushant Singh Rajput conducted in Mumbai
The provisional post-mortem report cites asphyxia as cause of death
June 16, 2020:
The statement of Sushant Singh Rajput’s father Krishna Kishore Singh, and the actor’s sisters recorded
June 18, 2020:
Sushant's ashes immersed in the holy river Ganga in his hometown Patna in Bihar, where his late mother's ashes had also been immersed.
June 26, 2020:
The Mumbai Police receive the final postmortem report signed by a team of five doctors. "No struggle marks or external injuries were found in the actor's body, it was a clear case of suicide with no other foul play,” the report says.
June 18-July 25, 2020:
The Bandra police station records statements of 56 persons, which include two cooks, house help, friends, and girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty.
Besides, the statement of Sanjana Sanghi, Sushant's co-star in Dil Bechara, actor Mahesh Shetty, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Mahesh Bhatt, Salman Khan’s former manager Reshma Shetty, Aditya Chopra, Apoorva Mehta, CEO of Dharma Productions, the production house of Karan Johar, also recorded.
July 26, 2020:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged a letter by senior leader Subramanian Swamy, requesting a CBI enquiry in the suicide case of Sushant.
July 28, 2020
A four-member team of Bihar police arrives in Mumbai based on an FIR registered by Sushant Singh Rajput’s father KK Singh against actress Rhea Chakraborty, for abetment to suicide. Her father, Indrajit Chakraborty, mother, Sandhya Chakraborty and brother, Shauvik Chakraborty, also named. The FIR also states that Rs 15 crore was transferred from Sushant's bank account to a few other bank accounts which were not linked with the late actor in any way.
July 29, 2020:
Rhea Chakraborty files petition in Supreme Court, seeks allowing Mumbai police to investigate
July 30, 2020:
Maharashtra's then Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis demands probe by CBI and ED in the case. Maharashtra's then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh rules out handing over the probe to CBI
July 31, 2020:
Statement of Ankita Lokhande, the ex-girlfriend of Sushant Singh Rajput, recorded.
August 4, 2020:
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar decides to recommend the case to CBI.
Former CM Narayan Rane says both Sushant Singh Rajput and Disha Salian were murdered, questions role of a Maharashtra minister
Then Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s son and minister Aaditya Thackeray denies any connection to the incidents
August 5, 2020:
Centre in principle agrees for a CBI probe
August 6, 2020
CBI registers FIR in the Sushant Singh case based on complaint by his father to Bihar police
Actor Sooraj Pancholi denies any link to Disha Salian's death.
August 18, 2020:
Rhea through lawyer claims Sushant's sister Priyanka groped her
August 19, 2020:
Supreme Court hands over probe to CBI
September, 2020:
Agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) begin parallel investigation involving links to money laundering and drugs, respectively, in the case.
December 2023:
Then Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister forms an SIT to investigate into the death of Disha Salian following demands from BJP and Shiv Sena legislators
March 20, 2025:
Disha Salian's father says that his daughter was murdered, seeks CBI probe
March 23, 2025:
The CBI files closure report ending the investigation into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput and gives clean chit to Rhea Chakraborty and her family
(With PTI inputs)