Sushant Singh Rajput death case: Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer welcomes CBI's closure report

“We are grateful to the CBI for having thoroughly investigated every aspect of the case from all angles and closed the case,” he said in a statement.

Mumbai: Hours after the CBI filed its closure report in the Sushant Singh Rajput case, Satish Maneshinde, the senior advocate of Bombay High Court, who represented the late actor’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, expressed satisfaction and said that the false narrative was uncalled for. 

“The CBI has filed a closure report in connection with the death of Sushant Singh Rajput after almost four-and-a-half-years. We are grateful  to the CBI for having thoroughly investigated every aspect of the case from all angles and closed the case. The amount of false narrative in the social media and electronic media was totally uncalled for,” Maneshinde said in a brief statement. 

According to him, due to the pandemic every one was glued to the TV and social media in the absence of anything happening in the country. 

“Innocent people were hounded and paraded before the Media and investigative authorities. I hope this does not repeat in any case. I beseech the captains of media to reflect upon what they did,” he said, adding that Rhea Chakravarty had to undergo untold miseries and was behind bars for 27 days for no fault of hers until Justice Sarang V Kotwal released her on bail. 

“I salute her and her family for having kept silent and yet suffered the inhuman treatment they were meted. They came to me through a close friend and Defence personnel who are close friends of mine with whom I studied in a Sainik School. Both Rhea’s family and my team and I were hounded and threatened of danger to our lives. I must say nothing deterred us from carrying out our legal duties,” he said.

Concluding he said: “Today I can share that I’m proud to have defended a Fauji family pro bono and that should rest with the kind of speculative narration about my fees. I also thank a large section of the media for having supported me and Rhea’s cause and her fight for justice . This country is still very safe and every citizen crying for justice has hope due to our vibrant judiciary.”