The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI on Monday registered an FIR in connection with the death of Disha Salian, former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, officials said.
The development comes nearly two weeks after the Bombay High Court ordered the central agency to take over the probe in the case.
The city police then registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR) in Salian’s case. The court had also noted that copies of the post-mortem report and the ADR had not been provided to Salian’s family even six years after her death. After conducting an inquiry, the police claimed that Disha Salian’s death was a case of suicide.
Disha Salian was found dead on June 8, 2020, after falling off the 14th floor of a residential building in Mumbai’s Malad area, days before actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Bandra flat. The Bombay High Court’s September 2 order for CBI probe came on a petition filed by Satish Salian, father of Disha Salian, alleging lapses by Mumbai Police in the investigation into his daughter’s death in June 2020.
The court pulled up Mumbai Police for failing to register an FIR for six years, observing that its investigation “raises more questions than answers” and pointed to “glaring discrepancies” in the investigation.
Earlier, the central probe agency had written to the police seeking all documents and records related to Disha Salian’s death to facilitate its investigation. Her father, however, filed a petition in the High Court last year alleging that his daughter was gang-raped and murdered.
