Shiv
Sena
leader
Sanjay
Raut
on
Sunday
claimed
"pressure
tactics" were
being
used
in
the
case
of
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
death
and
the
issue
was
being
politicised
as
part
of
a
conspiracy
against
Maharashtra.
It
is
wrong
to
see
the
unfortunate
suicide
of
the
actor
from
a
political
angle,
Raut
said
in
his
weekly
column
''Rokhthok''
in
the
party
mouthpiece
''Saamana''.
Rajput,
34,
was
found
hanging
at
his
apartment
in
suburban
Bandra
on
June
14.
The
Central
Bureau
of
Investigation
(CBI)
recently
took
over
the
probe
in
the
case,
based
on
a
Patna
police
FIR
related
to
alleged
criminal
conspiracy
and
abetment
to
suicide
against
Rajput's
girlfriend
and
actor
Rhea
Chakraborty.
"If
one
wants
to
indulge
in
politicisation
and
pressure
tactics,
anything
can
happen
in
our
country.
It
looks
like
the
script
of
Sushant's
case
was
already
written.
Whatever
has
happened
behind
the
curtains
is
a
conspiracy
against
Maharashtra," Raut
said.
When
it
is
decided
to
politicise
an
incident,
one
cannot
say
to
what
extent
it
can
be
done
and
"this
is
what
is
happening
in
the
unfortunate
suicide
of
Rajput",
he
said.
Raut
said
the
Bihar
government
alleged
involvement
of
top
political,
film
and
business
personalities
and
it
claimed
Mumbai
Police
will
not
investigate
the
case
properly.
"That
government
demands
CBI
probe
which
is
accepted
in
24
hours.
Attorney
General
Tushar
Mehta
tells
the
Supreme
Court
that
the
Centre
has
decided
to
hand
over
the
probe
to
the
CBI," Raut
said,
claiming
this
was
a
"direct
attack
on
a
state's
autonomy".
Describing
Mumbai
Police
as
the
"best
investigating
agency
in
the
world" and
a
professional
force,
he
said,
"It
investigated
the
Sheena
Bora
murder
case
where
some
top
names
were
involved
and
sent
all
to
jail.
The
Mumbai
Police
probed
the
26/11
terror
attack
which
resulted
in
the
hanging
of
the
accused
Ajmal
Kasab,"
the
Rajya
Sabha
member
said.
The
Centre's
"interference" in
Rajput's
case
was
an
insult
of
the
Mumbai
Police,
he
claimed,
adding
the
CBI
may
be
a
central
agency,
but
it
"wasn't
independent
and
impartial".
"Even
Narendra
Modi
and
Amit
Shah
had
earlier
questioned
the
Enforcement
Directorate
and
the
CBI.
They
had
said
the
Godhra
riots
case
shouldn't
be
handed
over
to
the
CBI
because
it
was
a
political
weapon
in
the
hands
of
those
ruling
at
the
Centre.
If
the
same
view
is
aired
now,
what's
wrong
in
that," the
executive
editor
of
''Saamana''
said.
"Prima
facie,
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
case
is
that
of
suicide.
There
is
no
basis
for
repeated
allegations
that
he
had
been
murdered," he
said.
Raut
alleged
that
since
the
BJP
cannot
topple
the
Uddhav
Thackeray
government
(comprising
the
Shiv
Sena,
NCP
and
Congress)
in
Maharashtra,
it
has
decided
to
"malign
it
and
with
the
help
of
news
channels.
"(NCP
chief)
Sharad
Pawar
called
me
when
he
saw
a
news
channel
anchor
referring
to
Chief
Minister
Uddhav
Thackeray
in
first
person.
''The
chief
minister
is
not
an
individual
but
an
institute.
What
is
the
government
doing''?" he
said
quoting
Pawar.
Raut
claimed
that
Bihar
Director
General
of
Police
Gupteshwar
Pandey
giving
interview
to
a
channel
against
Maharashtra
was
"violation
of
police
discipline".
Pandey
wanted
to
contest
the
Assembly
elections
from
Buxar
(in
Bihar)
in
2009,
but
his
plan
was
aborted
after
the
BJP
candidate
from
there
threatened
to
contest
against
as
an
independent,
Raut
further
claimed.
"It
is
laughable
that
Pandey
should
question
the
professionalism
of
Mumbai
Police.
It
is
being
said
Pandey
can
now
fight
the
Bihar
polls
from
Shahpur
seat," he
said.
Raut
said
the
Mumbai
Police
should
have
registered
a
''zero
FIR''
and
continued
with
the
probe
in
Rajput's
case.
But
Rajput's
family
had
no
complaints
and
left
Mumbai
for
Patna
(some
days
after
his
death).
"The
BJP
politicised
the
incident
and
created
a
sensation" by
linking
a
young
minister
in
the
Maharashtra
cabinet
to
the
case.
Two
English
news
channels
started
challenging
the
chief
minister
and
confused
the
police,
he
said.
The
Mumbai
Police
should
have
started
media
briefing,
considering
the
case
is
becoming
high
profile
and
should
have
declared
that
if
any
minister
or
politician
name
crops
up,
his
statement
will
be
recorded,
Raut
opined.
He
said
a
party
at
the
house
of
actor
Dino
Morea
before
Rajput's
death
was
being
linked
to
the
case.
"Morea
and
others
are
friends
of
(state
cabinet
minister)
Aaditya
Thackeray
and
if
that
friendship
is
the
cause
of
targeting
the
latter,
it
is
wrong," he
added.
Raut
claimed
Rajput
did
not
share
good
relations
with
his
father.
"His
father's
second
marriage
was
not
acceptable
to
him
(Rajput).
Let
the
facts
come
out
how
many
times
Rajput
visited
his
family
in
Patna.
Why
did
(Rajput's
former
girlfriend)
Anita
Lokhande
split
from
Rajput
and
this
should
be
part
of
the
probe.
It
is
wrong
to
see
the
unfortunate
suicide
from
a
political
angle," he
said.
Raut
lamented
that
Rajput's
former
manager
Disha
Salian,
who
allegedly
died
by
suicide
a
week
before
the
actor's
death,
was
also
being
maligned.
Rajput's
father
KK
Singh
on
July
25
lodged
a
complaint
with
the
Bihar
police
against
Chakraborty,
her
parents,
brother,
her
former
manager
Shruti
Modi
and
one
Samuel
Miranda,
whom
Chakraborty
had
employed
as
the
manager
in
Rajput's
house.
Based
on
the
complaint,
the
Bihar
police
registered
an
FIR
against
the
accused
persons
and
booked
them
under
various
sections
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code
including
abetment
to
suicide,
criminal
conspiracy,
cheating
and
wrongful
confinement.
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