Mumbai:
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday recorded the assertion of movie maker Rumi Jaffery in reference to a cash laundering case probe linked to the demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, officers stated.
They stated Mr Jaffery reached the central probe company’s workplace at Ballard Property in Mumbai round 11:30 AM.
The director’s assertion, as per sources, is being recorded with regard to his reported plans of directing a film with the late actor and the funds concerned on this upcoming venture.
Mr Jaffery has earlier been questioned by the Mumbai Police which is probing the demise of the actor underneath the unintentional demise report (ADR) process.
Mr Rajput (34), was discovered useless at his house in Bandra locality in Mumbai on June 14.
Early this week, the company had recorded the assertion of Mr Rajput’s father Ok Ok Singh on this case.
The daddy had on July 25 filed a grievance with the Bihar Police in Patna in opposition to Mr Rajput’s pal Rhea Chakraborty, her members of the family together with mom Sandhya Chakraborty and brother Showik, Mr Rajput’s supervisor Samuel Miranda and Shruti Modi and unknown individuals accusing them of dishonest and abetting his son’s suicide.
The Bihar police had lodged a felony FIR primarily based on the grievance.
The ED case underneath the felony provisions of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) has been filed on the premise of this FIR.
Final week, the company had additionally questioned Mr Rajput’s elder sister Meetu Singh. Mr Rajput has 4 sisters.
The ED has additionally quizzed Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik, father Indrajit Chakraborty, Mr Rajput’s enterprise managers, chartered accountants, home employees, his pal and flat mate Siddharth Pithani within the case until now and their statements have been recorded underneath the PMLA.
The CBI had re-registered the Bihar police’s FIR as a contemporary case and named the identical individuals as accused.
The Supreme Court docket on Wednesday gave its nod to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to go forward and launch its investigation within the case.
Mr Singh has additionally alleged monetary irregularities in his grievance to the police.
Within the grievance, Mr Singh alleged that an quantity of Rs 15 crore was siphoned off from Mr Rajput’s checking account in a single 12 months to accounts of individuals not identified or related to the late actor.
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