Sushant Singh Rajput death: Anil Deshmukh says Mumbai Police will probe 'professional rivalry' angle

Sushant Singh Rajput death: Anil Deshmukh says Mumbai Police will probe 'professional rivalry' angle

FP Staff June 16, 2020, 10:18:45 IST

Mumbai Police had earlier confirmed Sushant Singh Rajput was battling clinical depression.

Advertisement
Sushant Singh Rajput death: Anil Deshmukh says Mumbai Police will probe 'professional rivalry' angle

Citing media reports claiming that late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput  battled clinical depression induced by professional rivalry, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday said Mumbai Police will probe this angle as well.

( Also read — Sushant Singh Rajput passes away: The unspoken hierarchies in Bollywood and what it means to be an ‘outsider’ )

Advertisement

Deshmukh took to Twitter and said though the postmortem report has confirmed he died by suicide, the depression angle will be probed too.

Read the tweet below

Rajput passed away by suicide at his Bandra residence in Mumbai on Sunday. However, no suicide note has been recovered from Rajput’s residence, police said.

Advertisement

The provisional postmortem report of Rajput has revealed that the provisional cause of death was asphyxia due to hanging, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abhishek Trimukhe.

The actor had appeared in a number of acclaimed films, including Sonchiriya and MS Dhoni: An Untold Story. Rajput’s last big-screen appearance was Nitesh Tiwari’s 2019 film Chhichhore. 

Advertisement

Filmmaker  Anand Kumar , who has directed such films as Zilla Ghaziabad and Delhii Heights, had zeroed in on Rajput for his biopic on former Indian football team captain  Bhaichung Bhutia . However, the lockdown in the country, necessitated by the COVID-19 crisis, had delayed the project.

(Click here to follow  LIVE  updates on coronavirus outbreak)

(With inputs from Asian News International)

(Also read — Sushant Singh Rajput passes away: An ‘outsider twice over’ who found a unique place for himself in Bollywood )

Advertisement

*

A collection of Suicide prevention helpline numbers are  available here . Please reach out if you or anyone you know is in need of support. The All-India helpline number is: 022 2754 6669

Latest News

Find us on YouTube

Subscribe

Top Shows

Vantage First Sports Fast and Factual Between The Lines