Actress Rhea Chakraborty, brother Showik Chakraborty and father Indrajit Chakraborty showed up at the Enforcement Directorate office in Mumbai for the second time on Monday at 11 am and left the ED office after 11 hours of interrogation. Rhea and her family were summoned by the ED for the second time in the money laundering probe related to the late actor’s death case.
Rhea’s father was questioned by the ED for the first time while the actress was summoned for the second time. Rhea’s brother Showik was also recorded for the third time on Monday. He was interrogated for 18 hours on 8th August by the Enforcement Directorate Officials. Sushant’s flatmate Siddhart Pithani and Rhea’s ex-manager manager Shruti Modi was also summoned by the ED. Rhea was also questioned about the electronic evidence by the ED and is also investigating the phone records of conversations between Rhea, her father and brother Showik, according to the probe agency officials.
According to the official, Rhea’s father was also questioned about the properties bought and the investments made in Mumbai in 2011. Rhea claimed to be innocent and remained uncertain during the investigation earlier.
The ED also questioned Rhea and her family about Sushant’s one of the companies in which she was also a partner. The Jalebi actor told the financial investigating agency that Rs 1 lakh was the paid-up amount, which was shared by the three of them Sushant, Showik and Rhea. The actress also mentioned apart from that she didn’t spend anything on the company.
The actress was questioned about her Khar East flat, Rhea told the officials that she took a loan of 60 lakh and the rest 25 lakh was paid from her income. Chakraborty family was asked about their income tax returns of the past five years. On 31st July, Enforcement Directorate filed a case against Rhea and her family, based on the Bihar Police FIR on the complaint of Sushant’s father KK Singh who alleged that Rs 15 crore was withdrawn from the late actor’s account. The ED had registered a case against Rhea and her family under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
(With Inputs from IANS)
