The year law enforcement agencies probed Bollywood’s stars after a mysterious death

By Anand Singh New Delhi, Dec 28 : Bollywood has had run-ins with drug law enforcement agencies in the past, but the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June this year opened a pandora’s box for the entertainment industry which brought the premiere investigative agencies — the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) into the scene, creating a lot of buzz.
Rajput was found hanging in his Bandra apartment on June 14, just days after the death of his former celebrity manager Disha Salian.
After the death of the actor, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar recommended a CBI probe on the request of Sushant’s father K. K. Singh.
Following the notification from the Centre, the CBI registered a case on August 6 against Sushant’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, her father Indrajit Chakraborty, mother Sandhya Chakraborty, brother Showik Chakraborty, his former house manager Samuel Miranda, former manager Shruti Modi and others.
The CBI handed over the case to its Special Investigation Team (SIT) which has earlier probed the VVIP AgustaWestland and the Vijay Mallya bank fraud cases.
However, the CBI team took time to reach Mumbai as Rhea approached the Supreme Court seeking transfer of the Bihar Police FIR to Mumbai.