'Probe AU's calls to Rhea Chakraborty': BJP, Shinde camp's demand after MP's claim on Sushant death case

More than two-and-a-half years after actor Sushant Singh Rajput died, the case once again led to a controversy in the Maharashtra Assembly.

Leaders of the ruling coalition of BJP and Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena camp on 22 December 2022 staged a demonstration, seeking an investigation.

They demanded an inquiry into Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale's claim that a person with the initials 'AU' had made several phone calls to actor Rhea Chakraborty, who was the girlfriend of Sushant Singh Rajput.

A day earlier, Shewale, who is part of Shinde's camp, flagged in the Lok Sabha the issue of alleged suicide of Rajput and asked about the status of the CBI's inquiry into his death.

Legislator Pratap Sarnaik, also part of the Shinde camp, said Shewale had claimed there were 44 phone calls from 'AU' to Chakraborty.

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Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shinde faction staged a demonstration in the Vidhan Bhavan complex while holding banners which read: "AU kaun hain" (who is AU).

Sarnaik demanded an inquiry into the allegations raised by Shewale and to find out who was 'AU'.

(With PTI inputs)