Sushant Singh Rajput death: Director at top production company questioned by Mumbai Police

The Mumbai Police’s probe into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death is currently underway, and numerous persons are being questioned. After the late actor’s family and friends, now a top executive of a production company was also questioned in connection with the case.

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Ashish Singh, who is the Director-Original Films at Netflix was spotted and clicked when he arrived at the police station on  Friday.

Though Singh is currently with Netflix, he was working with Yash Raj Films till 2019. YRF had earlier submitted the copies of their contract with Sushant on the instructions of Mumbai Police. The police is investigating the angle of Suhant allegedly being ousted from films and ‘boycotted’ by banners.

Sushant had reportedly signed a three-film contract with YRF, and featured in two films, Shuddh Desi Romance and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy. However, with Shekhar Kapur’s Paani getting shelved and Sushant reportedly turning down Aurangzeb, the partnership didn’t continue on a favourable note.

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Case till now

Sushant’s rumoured girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, director of his last film and casting director Mukesh Chhabra, friend Siddharth Pitani, his father, his managers and other staff are among the names questioned.

Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police ruled out foul play in the case, as per his post mortem report, in which they cited his cause of death as ‘asphyxia due to hanging.’ Sushant was found dead at his home in Bandra, Mumbai on the afternoon of June 14.

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