Rhea Chakraborty has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking transfer of the FIR filed against her in Patna to Mumbai in the investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. The actor’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde filed the application on her behalf. An FIR was lodged on Tuesday, July 29, in Patna against Rhea by Sushant’s father KK Singh. Inspector General of Patna Central Zone had confirmed the filing of the FIR previously.

The FIR has been filed against Chakraborty and five others. The FIR invokes Section 306 of the IPC (Abetment of suicide), Section 340, 342, 380, 406 and 420. Sanjay Kumar Singh, Inspector General, central range had informed that an FIR was lodged at the Rajiv Nagar police station in Patna against Sushant’s rumoured girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and her family members including parents and brother under the various sections of the Indian Penal Code.

Actress Rhea Chakraborty moves SC, seeks transfer of Patna FIR to Mumbai where probe is on in Sushant Singh Rajput death case

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He said, “KK Singh lodged the case with Rajiv Nagar police station against Rhea Chakraborty, and her family including Indrajit Chakraborty, Sandhya Chakraborty, Shruti Modi, Showik Chakraborty and others under Sections 341, 342, 380, 406,420, 306 and 120 (B) of the IPC. Sushant’s father has made a serious charge against Rhea and her family. He has alleged that she had kept Sushant away from his family and completely in her possession. She was also handling his bank account. It was also reported that crores of rupees were withdrawn from his bank account.”

FIR has been registered. Preliminary investigation has begun. It is not correct to say at this point of time that who will be questioned. All those who were named by #SushantSinghRajput's father in the FIR, have been booked: Vinay Tiwari, Patna (Central) City SP. #Bihar pic.twitter.com/xROu2Lmxsy

— ANI (@ANI) July 29, 2020

The FIR alleges, “Rs 15 crore was transferred from Sushant's bank account to an unknown account in a year. Sushant's credit cards and bank accounts were run by Rhea Chakraborty and her family. On 8 June, Rhea left with Sushant's cash, jewellery, ATM cards, laptop etc.” The FIR further stated, “Rhea had Sushant's medical records and threatened to make them public".

(Source: PTI)