In the recent development of Sushant Singh Rajput‘s case, Enforcement Directorate [ED] grilled Rhea Chakraborty for 18 hours. According to Indian Express, they are looking at the money laundering account and found out that there were no “substantial direct transfers” to Rhea or her family’s account in last one year.
There was a withdrawals of around 55 lakhs from Sushant’s primary account in Kotak Bank. According to the media reports, the agency [ED] is tracking the trail of these withdrawals. His account had about Rs 15 crore at the beginning of the last financial year and was used to make tax and travel-related payments, among other things. They even found out that Rhea Chakraborty is not a joint account holder in any of the late actor’s account.
Rhea was also questioned on her alleged mismatch of her income and expenses; she has been asked to submit records of her income and investments. Rhea and her brother are directors of two firms which were set up by Sushant, Front India For World Foundation and Vividrage Rhealityx Private Limited.
ED is now looking at the purchase of two properties by Rhea and her family. While Front India was incorporated in January 2020, Vividrage was set up in September 2019.
The investigation started when Sushant Singh Rajput’s father KK Singh filed an FIR against Rhea and five others. One of the major accusation was money laundering. The FIR said that around 15 crore were transferred from Sushant’s account in one year “to bank accounts of persons not known or connected to the late actor”.
The ED has currently questioned Rhea, her brother Showik, her father Indrajit, her business manager Shruti Modi, Sushant’s friend Siddharth Pithani, his house manager Samuel Miranda who had been hired by Rhea, the chartered accountants of Sushant and Rhea and his sister Mitu Singh.
