The heckle between Mumbai and Bihar Governments over CBI probe into actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death reached a top notch today as Maharashtra’s ruling Shiv Sena hit back at the Nitish Kumar government for ordering an investigation by the agency.
“Bihar government should not have interfered in the matter of Sushant Singh Rajput. Over the last few years, Sushant was a Mumbaikar. Mumbai gave him prosperity and Bihar didn’t stand by him during his struggle,” an article in Sena mouthpiece Saamna read.
In his career, the late actor was not once seen flaunting his Bihar origins or prosperity. The Bihar government came into the matter after Sushant Rajput’s family filed a case against his friend Rhea Chakraborty, accusing her of financially defrauding the actor and driving him to his death.
Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai residence on 14th June. The police said, it was due to suicide, but after numerous allegations of nepotism charging around in B-Town industry gave rise to further investigations.
Both Rhea Chakraborty and the Shiv Sena have made the point that it was the Maharashtra Police which has jurisdiction in the case. “The Bihar police is not Interpol. Mumbai police is investigating the matter and another state should not have gotten involved in this… Everyone deserves to know the truth, but it is not true that only the CBI or the Bihar police can find it out,” the Saamna article read.
The article also ridiculed CBI involvement. The CBI is a “central agency but it is not independent or unbiased”, the article said, pointing out that even Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, when they the Chief Minister and Home Minister of Gujarat, had not been keen on it after the Godhra train burning.
“Many states imposed restrictions on CBI in the past. CBI when it reached West Bengal to investigate Sharda chit fund, Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee did not just stop the CBI but also registered a case against them. Entire Kolkata got out on roads protesting against CBI and Banerjee led that protest,” the article read.
The ruling allies of Bihar welcome Maharashtra’s stance, claiming that the more Maharashtra will object to a CBI probe, the more they will benefit in Bihar.
