Sushant Case: Rhea Reaches ED Office to Record Statement

Rhea has been summoned to record her statement on 7 August.

Rhea Chakraborty reaches the ED office.

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Rhea Chakraborty has reached the Enforcement Directorate office to record her statement in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. The ED had rejected Rhea's appeal to defer her statement in the money laundering case linked to the death of Sushant Singh Rajput.

Rhea, who was summoned by the ED on 7 August, had requested the ED that the recording of her statement be postponed till the Supreme Court hearing, said the actor's lawyer Satish Maneshinde, as per a report by ANI.

Rhea Chakraborty at the ED office.

Rhea has been summoned to record her statement.

The ED office

The ED is currently questioning four people - Rhea, her CA Ritesh Shah, brother Showik and former business manager Shruti Modi.

On 31 July, the ED had registered a money laundering case linked to a complaint by Sushant Singh Rajput's father.

As per a report by Hindustan Times, ED officials will reportedly be probing allegations of Rajput’s assets being mishandled, and to investigate if the same was used for “money laundering and creating illegal assets.

An FIR had been filed in Patna on 28 July against Rhea under various sections, including abetment to suicide, based on a complaint by the late actor's father.

Sushant Singh Rajput died by suicide on 14 June. The actor was 34 years old.