The
Mumbai
Police
is
currently
investigating
the
reason
behind
Bollywood
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
death.
As
a
part
of
the
ongoing
police
investigation,
they
recently
summoned
film
critic
and
journalist
Rajeev
Masand
to
record
his
statement
in
connection
with
Sushant's
case.
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According
to
media
reports,
Masand
was
questioned
regarding
allegations
of
him
giving
negative
ratings
to
some
of
Sushant's
films.
Post
Sushant's
death,
the
journalist-critic
was
heavily
slammed
by
netizens,
after
several
of
his
blind
items
allegedly
targeting
the
late
actor,
calling
him
a
'skirt-chaser',
apart
from
a
story
about
#Metoo
allegations,
went
viral
on
social
media.
Writer-editor
Apurva
Asrani
and
actor
Manoj
Bajpayee
had
called
out
Rajeev
Masand
over
his
'vicious'
blind
items
on
Sushant.
Apurva
Asrani
had
tweeted,
"Attacking
soft
targets
like
KRK,
while
keeping
mum
on
the
more
powerful
'blind
item'
experts
is
sheer
hypocrisy.
KRK
is
vile,
but
at
least
has
the
guts
to
put
his
name
to
his
opinions.
Rajeev's
blind
items
against
#SushantSinghRajput
are
vicious
&
cowardly.
Don't
be
selective."
Manoj
Bajpayee
had
quoted
the
same
and
added
in
his
tweet,
"It
is
hypocrisy
to
selectively
call
out
journalists
who
hurt
innocent
talents
with
slander.
I
am
very
upset
to
read
the
blind
items
by
Rajeev
Masand
in
your
tweet
&
I
support
you
in
calling
him
out.
But
the
effort
to
stop
toxic
people
like
KRK
is
genuine
too.
Let's
stand
united."
More
recently,
Kangana
Ranaut,
in
her
interview
with
Republic
TV's
Editor-in-Chief
Arnab
Goswami,
had
also
named
Rajeev
Masand
as
a
person
who
she
felt
should
be
summoned
by
the
Mumbai
Police
in
connection
with
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
death
case.
As
of
now,
the
Mumbai
Police
have
recorded
statements
of
more
than
30
people
which
includes
Sushant's
family,
casting
directors
Shanoo
Sharma
and
Mukesh
Chhabra,
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
girlfriend
Rhea
Chakraborty,
his
Dil
Bechara
co-star
Sanjana
Sanghi,
filmmakers
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
and
Shekhar
Kapur,
and
Yash
Raj
Films
head
honcho
Aditya
Chopra
among
others.
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
passed
away
on
June
14,
2020,
and
the
police
confirmed
his
death
by
suicide.