The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday told the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) that it had not permitted actress Rhea Chakraborty’s purported “visit” to the mortuary where Sushant’s body was kept.
Taking suo moto cognisance of the issue last week, SHRC Actiof the issue last week, SHRC Acting Chairman’s M.A. Sayeed had issued notice to the BMC and Mumbai Police, seeking their explanation by 31 August’20.
Pinakin Gujjar, the Dean of R.N. Cooper Hospital, along with a civic Law Officer, appeared before the SHRC and submitted a brief letter, stating that the BMC had not permitted the actress to enter the morgue.
It is reported that Sayeed is unsatisfied with the responses and has ordered the BMC to file a detailed affidavit, alongwith names and explanations of people present at the time when actress went into the morgue.
The SHRC on Monday also sent a reminder notice to the Mumbai Police seeking it’s response in the matter.
SHRC’s legal wing studied the relevant provisions pertaining to this “visit” as only immediate family members of the deceased are permitted to get into the morgue.
SHRC had asked Gujjar and Mumbai Police to explain the circumstances behind Rhea getting permission to visit the morgue.
