Updated August 27th, 2020 at 15:00 IST

What a SHAME!: Sushant's kin outraged at TV platform given to Rhea to brand him ‘bipolar’

After expressing outrage at a news channel for giving a platform to Rhea Chakraborty, Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Shweta has slammed his shocking typecasting

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After expressing outrage at a television news channel for giving a platform to accused Rhea Chakraborty, Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Shweta Singh Kirti has slammed the shocking typecasting and vilification campaign entailed in the interview. Taking to Twitter, Shweta hit out at the attempt to typecast her brother as an individual with a “mental problem” and bipolarity. Without mincing her words, Sushant’s sister commented on the outrage that has been generated against the news channel for giving a “platform to the prime accused”.

'What a SHAME!!!'

"You and Sushant in this relationship went to Europe together. What happened there that Sushant's health started deteriorating? You were there with him since April, since when did you come to know that maybe Sushant is suffering from depression or some kind of a mental problem possibly called Bipolar disorder,?" Rhea is asked in the interview that has generated outrage over the platform given to the prime accused.

Shweta, in an earlier tweet, had said it would be an “utter disgrace” to the people of India should the interview air on a national platform. Naming the news channel that has been promoting an interview with Rhea Chakrabarty, Shweta said that it will be a “slap on the face of 130 crore Indians” who are fighting for justice for Sushant Singh Rajput. Shweta also appealed to the Central Government that the prime accused in Sushant’s death case should not be permitted to do “publicity stunts”. 

Meanwhile, in a fresh and significant development, Rhea Chakraborty's brother Showik Chakraborty on Thursday reached the DRDO guesthouse in Mumbai where interrogations by the CBI in relation to Sushant Singh Rajput's death case are in progress for the 7th straight day. Showik reached the CBI base at 9:54 am. 

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Earlier the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has come across a narcotics angle amid its probe into any financial irregularities in the death case of the late actor had grilled Showik multiple times for hours. At the time that Showik entered, Siddharth Pithani, Neeraj and Dipesh Sawant were at the DRDO guest house where they are being grilled.

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NCB to summon Rhea

Meanwhile, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is likely to issue summons to Rhea Chakraborty first as it enters the fray in the Sushant Singh Rajput death probe, investigating Rhea's use and deals in narcotic substances. Sources told Republic TV that an NCB team led by Deputy Director of Operations - KPS Malhotra will be supervising the case and is expected to reach Mumbai on Friday. Sources also added that officials from both Delhi and Mumbai unit of the NCB will carry out the investigation and will issue summons to all people related to this. Showik had been prominent in the chats of Rhea Chakraborty regarding drugs that had been accessed by Republic.

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Published August 27th, 2020 at 12:43 IST