New Delhi: The Janata Dal United (JDU) has lauded Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s decision to oppose Rhea Chakraborty’s plea before the Supreme Court and support Sushant Singh’s family in the case. The actor was allegedly committed suicide on June 14.
In a major development on Thursday in the case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, the Bihar government has hired India’s former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi to oppose Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty’s interim prayer that the probe by the Bihar police be stayed till the Supreme Court decides her plea on transfer of investigation from Bihar to Mumbai.
JDU’s Secretary of Bihar unit Syed Nazam who was very vocal in the case and had also run an online campaign for thorough probe, has said that “Our Chief Minister has taken a historic step. The decision taken by the Bihar government reflects the emotions of thousands of youths in the states.”
“We were in touch with our state president Bashistha Narain Singh ji. He listened to us and conveyed the views of youths to the chief minister,” he said.
Talking about the case, “I was pained when I see the people around me were unhappy with the probe being done by the Mumbai Police. They were of the view that the investigation was not going in right direction. So I contacted our top leadership to look into the matter. Our effort has paid now,” Mr Nazam said.
Soon after Rhea moved the Supreme Court, Sushant Singh’s family filed a caveat seeking that her petition not be allowed to be heard “ex-parte” in their counter-petition.
The family’s lawyer Vikas Singh will be present in the court for the proceedings.
Caveat is a type of petition filed to pre-empt any ex-parte order on the plea filed by opposite side.
Rhea Chakraborty, who has been accused of abetting Sushant’s suicide, moved the apex court on Wednesday pleading for the transfer of the investigation from Bihar to Mumbai, as the investigation in Mumbai was still pending.
The Bihar government has hired country’s former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi to oppose her interim prayer.
In a tweet, senior BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy had said that he spoke with Bihar Chief Minister and said he has no objection for CBI probe.
