Lawyer Vikas Singh surprised over no custodial interrogation of suspects by CBI in Sushant Singh Rajput case

Senior advocate Vikas Singh, the household lawyer of late Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput, on Monday expressed shock that there was no custodial interrogation of suspects by the CBI in the sensational dying case when there's thriller concerned. Responding to the assertion of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers that the probe is constant and all angles are being seemed into, Singh, mentioned if they're wanting into all of the elements then they need to have executed custodial interrogation of the named accused.

“I'm a little bit surprised as a result of if they're wanting into all of the elements then they need to have executed custodial interrogation of the named accused and likewise of the individuals who had been dwelling at his residence.

“Why have they not done custodial interrogation till date. Wherever there is mystery involved, custodial interrogation is required in such cases,” Singh instructed PTI on the dying anniversary of the actor.

The 34-year-old actor was discovered hanging from the ceiling of his condo in Mumbai’s Bandra on June 14, final yr. Mumbai Police investigated the case until the probe was handed over to the CBI by the apex court docket. The high court docket had final yr invoked its extra-ordinary plenary energy beneath Article 142 of the Construction whereas handing over the probe surrounding circumstances of Rajput’s unnatural dying and had mentioned “When truth meets sunshine, justice will not prevail on the living alone but after Life’s fitful fever, now the departed will also sleep well. Satyameva Jayate.” 

The probe company has not but filed the cost sheet or the closure report in the dying case.

Singh, who can be the Supreme Court Bar Association President, mentioned if the CBI is getting any leads it’s actually good however nothing concrete has occurred until now even after one yr.

“Custodial interrogation is required in cases where mystery is involved,” the senior advocate careworn.

When requested in regards to the delay in submitting of the cost sheet in Rajput’s case, Singh mentioned,” It’s troublesome for me to touch upon the delay in the investigation and submitting of the cost sheet.  Maybe, they're wanting to interrupt down the witnesses slowly in order that they could get some leads someplace.”

The CBI  earlier in the day mentioned that the probe into actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s dying remains to be persevering with, even after the AIIMS medical board’s report final yr that had mentioned it was a case of suicide. 

Asked in regards to the developments, CBI officers mentioned the probe is constant and all angles are being seemed into.

The CBI had taken over the probe from Bihar Police into the alleged abetment to suicide case filed by the actor’s father Okay Okay Singh in Patna towards Rajput’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and her household.