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Previously, the Enforcement Directorate who’s probing the money laundering angle in SSR Case had interrogated the Chakraborty family, Siddharth Pithani and Shruti Modi.
On Tuesday, Sushant’s sister Mitu Singh arrived at the ED office for questioning. Sushant’s roommate Siddharth Pithani too has been summoned again. Even SSR’s former business manager Shruti Modi was summoned for yet another round of questioning.
As per what the sources told India Today, Shruti Modi said that Rhea Chakraborty had been taking decisions for Sushant ever since she came into his life. She told ED that Rhea was also taking decisions with respect to Sushant’s finances and projects. Shruti was called to the ED office for the third time to submit a few documents in connection with the money laundering case against Rhea Chakraborty and her family members.
Shruti began working with Sushant during the time when Sushant met Rhea and both started dating. After February 2020, Shruti was not in touch with Sushant.
As reported by Times Now, the ED, has also seized 4 mobile handsets – 2 of Rhea, and 1 each of her brother Showik Chakraborty and father Indrajit Chakraborty. If at all, data has been deleted from their respective mobile phones in the past one year, ED will try to retrieve it.
2 iPads and 1 laptop have also reportedly been seized and all gadgets are to be sent for forensic examination.
Reported by Zee News, as per sources, the IP address of Sushant’s company, which he opened along with Rhea, was changed 17 times. The ED may also look into the change of IP addresses seven days prior to Sushant’s death. The last IP address on name server was changed on August 7, 2020. The reason behind it has not been ascertained as yet. It is also not known as to who changed it.
As per Midday report, an ED official requesting anonymity said that Pithani was asked about the financial details of Sushant and if Pithani had used or borrowed money from the late actor. He was also questioned about the investments made by Sushant in the companies in which the late actor was a director along with his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty.
The ED officials also wanted to know from Pithani about Rhea’s relationship with the Sushant and his family members. The ED is also zeroing in on Innsaei Ventures, which Sushant launched with Varun Mathur in 2018. The ED wants to know about the kind of investment Sushant made in the firm.
The ED could also ask Pithani if Rhea used Sushant’s credit cards and other financial transactions for her expenses and if she used the bodyguards and his other staff.
