The whole country’s eyeball is now fixed at the tussle between Mumbai Police and Bihar Police on Sushant Singh Rajput’s alleged murder. The death of the actor was announced by the Mumbai Police as suicide on the day of the actor’s death. However, fans across the country soon suspected Bollywood Insiders hand in the death of the actor.
This claim of murder was backed by Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut and Republic New founder Arnab Goswami. They accused the traditional Bollywood family of playing nepotistic cards and held them responsible for fixing the death of the actor. Meanwhile, the general public demanded CBI’s inquiry into the case owning to the closeness of Mumbai Police and the Bollywood bigshots.
After almost a month of Sushant’s death, his father lodged a formal complaint in Bihar, accusing Rhea Chakrabarty of abetting his son’s suicide. This gave the case a new twist as the Bihar Police was then sent to Maharashtra to do an independent investigation from their end.
This was not taken well by the Mumbai Police and Politicians as they tried to create as many hurdles as possible in the way of Bihar Police’s investigation into the issue. These hurdles include not providing the case file of Sushant’s death, the case file of Sushant’s ex-manager Disa Salian being deleted inadvertently.
Even Bihar IPS officer Vinay Tiwari who arrived in Mumbai to look over the investigation was not spared. BMC issues a 14 days quarantine period notice for the office even though he was on official duty. They have asked the officer to file for an exemption of quarantine officially for further actions.
With people, politicians, and media across the country accusing Mumbai Police of bungling the case, we look into 5 high profile cases that were handled by Mumbai Police in the past and how they panned out.
3. Jiah Khan’s Hanging
Jiah Khan was found hanging in her Juhu Apartment by her mother on 2013 June 06. She was only 25 years of age and had a promising future in Bollywood. Mumbai police suspected suicide from the start though it was refuted strongly by Jiah’s mother. Jiah was allegedly dating Sooraj Pancholi at that time, who’s family had connections with the movers and shakers of Bollywood. 3 days after her death, the police found a suicide letter in her room which was written in her handwriting. The letter described the mental and physical abuse she had to face from Sooraj. She also mentioned that she was pregnant with Sooraj’s baby which he wanted to be aborted. She wrote that she could not handle the break-up and decided to leave the world.
Mumbai Police arrested Sooraj Pancholi on the case of abetment of suicide and he stayed in jail for 20 days before being bailed out. The case was dismissed by the court in a few months clearing Sooraj of any foul play. Jiah’s mother demanded CBI inquiry into the case which attracted a million-dollar lawsuit from the Pancholi’s. The case was transferred to CBI and after a lengthy investigation, they declared that it was a confirmed case of suicide.
Mumbai session court has ordered the case to be investigated further in 2018 and it is still ongoing. Meanwhile, Jiah Khan’s mother has accused the Mumbai Police of removing and changing proofs like mobile messages, post mortem reports, etc to aid the accused.
2. Divya Bharti’s Fall To Death
Divya Bharti is a name that is familiar with anyone born in the ’90s or before. She was the upcoming star of the ’90s and was expected to take the industry by storm. However fate had other plans and she met her death on April 05, 1991, at the age of 19. She fell from her Mumbai’s apartment balcony. Over two decades have passed her death but there are still conspiracy theories going around with regards to her death.
On that fateful day, Bhari was entertaining her dress designer Neeta Lulla and her husband Shyam who was a doctor and an eyewitness to her death. Sajid Nadiadwala, Bharti’s husband left them to attend some meetings. According to Neeta and her husband, Bharti gulped a few glasses of drinks and then climbed the balcony to sit in the railing, which she often used to do. However that day, she slipped and fell to her death. She was declared dead on arrival in the hospital.
The whole country was shocked by the news. Her husband Sajid had a heart attack in the hospital when he saw the dead body of his wife. Mumbai Police was accused of not taking the maid’s statement as they only recorded Neeta and her husband’s statement. Various theories floated around about the fights between Sajid and Bharti, their marriage, and people still suspect foul play in the death of the actress.
1. Salman Khan’s Hit and Run Case
This high profile case polarized the country and ran for 13 long years. On Dec 10, 2015, Salman was finally acquitted of the case. But till this date, a large section of society sees him as a criminal and trolls him viciously in social media. The police’s handling of the case was heavily criticized due to a clear attempt of removing proofs and changing witnesses.
On the night of the 28th September 2002, 5 ill-fated homeless men were run over by the car of the superstar. 1 of them was killed while others were injured. Salman Khan was found at the scene of the crime and was accused of drunk driving.
Mumbai Police Criticized for its Role in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.
The whole country’s eyeball is now fixed at the tussle between Mumbai Police and Bihar Police on Sushant Singh Rajput’s alleged murder. The death of the actor was announced by the Mumbai Police as suicide on the day of the actor’s death. However, fans across the country soon suspected Bollywood Insiders’ hand in the death of the actor.
This claim of murder was backed by Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut and Republic New founder Arnab Goswami. They accused the traditional Bollywood family of playing nepotistic cards and held them responsible for fixing the death of the actor. Meanwhile, the general public demanded CBI’s inquiry into the case owning to the closeness of Mumbai Police and the Bollywood bigshots.
After almost a month of Sushant’s death, his father lodged a formal complaint in Bihar, accusing Rhea Chakrabarty of abetting his son’s suicide. This gave the case a new twist as the Bihar Police was then sent to Maharashtra to do an independent investigation from their end.
This was not taken well by the Mumbai Police and Politicians as they tried to create as many hurdles as possible in the way of Bihar Police’s investigation into the issue. These hurdles include not providing the case file of Sushant’s death, the case file of Sushant’s ex-manager Disa Salian being deleted inadvertently.
Even Bihar IPS officer Vinay Tiwari who arrived in Mumbai to look over the investigation was not spared. BMC issues a 14 days quarantine period notice for the office even though he was on official duty. They have asked the officer to file for an exemption of quarantine officially for further actions.
With people, politicians, and media across the country accusing Mumbai Police of bungling the case, we look into 3 high profile cases that were handled by Mumbai Police in the past and how they panned out.
3. Jiah Khan’s Hanging
Jiah Khan was found hanging in her Juhu Apartment by her mother on 2013 June 06. She was only 25 years of age and had a promising future in Bollywood. Mumbai police suspected suicide from the start though it was refuted strongly by Jiah’s mother. Jiah was allegedly dating Sooraj Pancholi at that time, who’s family had connections with the movers and shakers of Bollywood. 3 days after her death, the police found a suicide letter in her room which was written in her handwriting. The letter described the mental and physical abuse she had to face from Sooraj. She also mentioned that she was pregnant with Sooraj’s baby which he wanted to be aborted. She wrote that she could not handle the break-up and decided to leave the world.
Mumbai Police arrested Sooraj Pancholi on the case of abetment of suicide and he stayed in jail for 20 days before being bailed out. The case was dismissed by the court in a few months clearing Sooraj of any foul play. Jiah’s mother demanded CBI inquiry into the case which attracted a million-dollar lawsuit from the Pancholi’s. The case was transferred to CBI and after a lengthy investigation, they declared that it was a confirmed case of suicide.
Mumbai session court has ordered the case to be investigated further in 2018 and it is still ongoing. Meanwhile, Jiah Khan’s mother has accused the Mumbai Police of removing and changing proofs like mobile messages, post mortem reports, etc to aid the accused.
2. Divya Bharti’s Fall To Death
Divya Bharti is a name that is familiar with anyone born in the ’90s or before. She was the upcoming star of the ’90s and was expected to take the industry by storm. However fate had other plans and she met her death on April 05, 1991, at the age of 19. She fell from her Mumbai’s apartment balcony. Over two decades have passed her death but there are still conspiracy theories going around with regards to her death.
On that fateful day, Bhari was entertaining her dress designer Neeta Lulla and her husband Shyam who was a doctor and an eyewitness to her death. Sajid Nadiadwala, Bharti’s husband left them to attend some meetings. According to Neeta and her husband, Bharti gulped a few glasses of drinks and then climbed the balcony to sit in the railing, which she often used to do. However that day, she slipped and fell to her death. She was declared dead on arrival in the hospital.
The whole country was shocked by the news. Her husband Sajid had a heart attack in the hospital when he saw the dead body of his wife. Mumbai Police was accused of not taking the maid’s statement as they only recorded Neeta and her husband’s statement. Various theories floated around about the fights between Sajid and Bharti, their marriage, and people still suspect foul play in the death of the actress.
1. Salman Khan’s Hit and Run Case
This high profile case polarized the country and ran for 13 long years. On Dec 10, 2015, Salman was finally acquitted of the case. But till this date, a large section of society sees him as a criminal and trolls him viciously in social media. The police’s handling of the case was heavily criticized due to a clear attempt of removing proofs and changing witnesses.
On the night of the 28th September 2002, 5 ill-fated homeless men were run over by the car of the superstar. 1 of them was killed while others were injured. Salman Khan was found at the scene of the accident and was accused of drunk driving. Salman was escorted by his driver and his bodyguard at the time of the incident.
Even though the case was very clear, Mumbai Police was accused of coming under the influence of the starlet’s family influence. Crime scene evidence was modified or removed and witnesses for the incident were changed or prevented from reaching the courtroom. This case is taken as a prime example of how the law of the country discriminates based on the status and power of the accused.
Even though Salman Khan has been acquitted now, there is a large section of Indian society that still sees him as a villain who used power and money to escape the clutch of the law.
