After the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted its closure report in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer, Satish Maneshinde, reaffirmed that his client had no role in the actor's demise.

Speaking to the media, Maneshinde said, "I have been saying from the first day that Rhea Chakraborty had nothing to do with Sushant Singh Rajput's death. Still, on 27th July 2020, someone filed a complaint against her and that is why the investigation started. After that, we approached the Supreme Court."

Maneshinde explained that Sushant Singh Rajput's death on June 14, 2020, was first considered a suicide by the Maharashtra Police.

"He died on 14th June, Maharashtra Police registered a case and treated it as a suicide case and were investigating it. The DCP of Mumbai Police, Bandra Zone at that time, after a thorough investigation, had concluded that Rhea Chakraborty had nothing to do with it. Rhea Chakraborty's statement was also taken at that time...," he added.

The lawyer further stated that Rhea left Sushant's home on June 8, 2020, due to conflicts arising from his drug use and medication habits.

"After that, Sushant Singh Rajput asked her brother to take her out of his house...From that day, there was no contact between Rhea and Sushant." Maneshinde said.

He noted that although Sushant was living with 2-3 servants and flatmates at the time of his death, his family accused Rhea and filed a case in Patna, alleging she misappropriated ₹15 crore of his property. This ultimately led the Supreme Court to transfer the investigation to the CBI.

"After that, it was revealed that Sushant had committed suicide and at that time, he had 2-3 servants and flatmates in his house. Still, Sushant's family dragged Rhea Chakraborty into this case and in Patna they filed a case and told that Rhea Chakraborty had misappropriated his property worth Rs 15 crores. Because of that Supreme Court transferred the case to CBI. CBI has continuously interrogated Rhea Chakraborty and her family members and filed this report after four and a half years but I have been saying from the first day that Rhea Chakraborty had no connection with this...It was a pure case of suicide", Maneshinde asserted.

On Saturday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted a closure report on the 2020 death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, sources said.  

According to sources, the report was filed in a Mumbai court nearly five years after Sushant’s passing.  

The 34-year-old actor was found dead at his Bandra residence on June 14, 2020, sparking a major controversy. The case was later transferred to the CBI for investigation. His postmortem, conducted at Mumbai’s Cooper Hospital, cited asphyxia as the cause of death.