Enforcement Directorate has already questioned key members of the Sushant Singh Rajput case in the money laundering probe – Rhea Chakraborty, her family, Shruti Modi and Siddharth Pithani.
As per Mumbai Mirror report, on Thursday, ED questioned Jayanti Shah, a celebrity talent manager who had handled Rajput’s account in the past, about transactions between her agency and the actor since 2019 for over 11 hours.
As reported by Times Now, the talent manager was asked about Sushant’s film projects for the past 2 years, the late actor’s illness, behaviour, income from the film projects and other things.
The Enforcement Directorate will now be recording the statements of Rajput’s personal staff – bodyguard, cook and domestic help.
Today, Sushant’s staff Rajat Mewati arrived at the ED office for questioning.
Meanwhile as per Times Now report, ED has written 4 letters to the Mumbai police seeking Sushant’s seized phone and call details. However, the Mumbai Police has not yet responded to these letters.
According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, ED has confirmed that around Rs 15 crore was withdrawn from one of Sushant’s bank accounts, but it has so far not found any transaction from that account to his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty.
The details of where that money was spent or who received the tranches are yet to be ascertained. ED’s scrutiny of all transactions through netbanking and debit cards from Rajput’s several bank accounts is still ongoing.
The Mirror report further highlighted that the agency is mapping these withdrawals to help throw light on where his money went and for what purposes.
“We are looking into who was using the debit cards and the netbanking facility to ascertain if someone else who had access to the PINs or the passwords could have performed those transactions.”
The investigation has found that up to Rs 2.78 crore went towards payment of taxes, including goods and services tax. The ED is also verifying a claim by Sushant’s acquaintance – that the actor was generous and often willing to pay for the needs of those close to him.
Mirror report also stated – Another source said that since Rajput and Chakraborty were dating, some small financial transactions between them through other accounts were to be expected.
“But as per the findings so far, no money was sent to her from the account from which Rs 15 crore was withdrawn.”
The agency is probing the circumstances under which Rajput, Chakraborty and her brother Showik came together for business activities.