Sushant Singh Rajput case: Aaditya Thackeray moves HC, seeks to be heard in PIL for CBI probe

Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray has moved the Bombay High Court seeking to be heard before any order is passed in a public interest litigation demanding a CBI probe in connection with the deaths of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and his former manager Disha Salian.

In his application filed on October 13, Thackeray said the PIL was not maintainable as a probe in the matter was already on by state machinery.

‘We have filed an intervention application saying we should be heard before any order is passed. We have said the PIL is not maintainable as the investigation in Sushant Singh Rajput matter is already on by CBI,’ Thackeray’s lawyer said.

‘How can any order be passed in a PIL when a state machinery is already seized of the probe,’ he added.

What PIL sought in case

The PIL, filed by the ‘Supreme Court & High Court Litigants Association of India’ through its president, Rashid Khan Pathan, in September demanded the immediate arrest and custodial interrogation of Thackeray in connection with the ‘mysterious’ deaths of Disha Salian and Sushant Singh Rajput. It sought a direction to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe Thackeray, a former Maharashtra minister, and for a comprehensive probe report to be submitted.

The PIL has not yet been taken up for hearing by HC.

Sushant and Disha’s death details

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his apartment in suburban Bandra on June 14, 2020.

Disha Salian, a former manager of Rajput, died on June 8, 2020, after falling off the 14th floor of a residential building in suburban Malad. The city police had registered an ADR case.

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