October 18th 2023.
Shiv Sena MLA Aditya Thackeray has made an appeal to the Bombay High Court to be heard before any orders are passed in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that demands a CBI investigation into the alleged connections between the deaths of Actor Sushant Singh Rajput and former manager Disha Salian. The PIL further seeks Thackeray's arrest.
In September, a PIL was filed by the Supreme Court & High Court Litigants Association of India through its president, Rashid Khan Pathan. Advocating for the immediate arrest and custodial interrogation of Thackeray in connection with the mysterious deaths, the PIL is yet to come up for hearing before the high court bench led by Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya.
Thackeray's advocate, Rahul Arote, filed an application on October 13th and stated that the PIL was not maintainable as the case was already being probed by the state. Arote further added that Thackeray should be given an audience before any order is passed by the court in the PIL.
The PIL has urged that the CBI be directed to initiate a probe against Thackeray to submit a comprehensive report before the court. The Mumbai police had initially registered an Accidental Death Report case in Rajput's death. Subsequently, his father lodged a complaint with the Bihar police in July 2020 alleging Rajput’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and her family members had abetted his suicide.
The probe was then handed over to the CBI, and the Enforcement Directorate and the Narcotics Control Bureau are also investigating allegations of money laundering and drug usage respectively. Salian died on June 8, 2020, after falling off the 14th floor of a residential building in suburban Malad. The police had then registered an Accidental Death Report case, and the Malwani police is still probing the case.
Apart from this, Aaditya Thackeray had also proposed that the Kanjurmarg Car Shed is enough for all lines and can save 10k crores. The high court is yet to take a decision on his request.
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