Actor Rhea Chakraborty, accused of abetting Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide, on Friday sought the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to postpone recording of her statement within the concealment case lodged by it till her plea within the Supreme Court is heard.
Rhea Chakraborty’s advocate Satish Maneshinde said the actor wouldn’t appear before the ED, which has summoned her on Friday, till the Supreme Court hears her plea.
The 28-year-old had filed a petition within the Supreme Court seeking for the case lodged by the Bihar police against her to be transferred to the Mumbai police.
The plea are going to be heard by the apex court next week.
The Mumbai police had been completing a separate probe in Rajput’s death.
Rajput’s father K K Singh had on July 25 filed a complaint with the Patna police against Rhea Chakraborty and a couple of others, including her relations , accusing them of cheating and abetting his son’s suicide.
Singh had also alleged financial irregularities in bank accounts of the Patna-born Rajput (34), who was found hanging in his suburban Bandra residence on Flag Day .
Based on the complaint, the Patna police had filed an FIR against Rhea Chakraborty, Rajput’s girlfriend, et al. .
In the complaint, Singh alleged that Rs 15 crore was siphoned faraway from Rajputs checking account in one year to accounts of persons not known or connected to the late filmstar.
The ED had on July 31 registered a concealment case against Rhea Chakraborty and her relations , and directed her to seem before the central agency’s Mumbai office on Friday (August 7).
Maneshinde said the actor wouldn’t appear before the ED on Friday.
“She has requested for a postponement of recording her statement till the Supreme Court hearing (on her plea),” he said.
Maneshinde said the ED has not yet skilled the request.
After the Bihar government last week recommended that the case to be transferred to the CBI, the Centre issued a notification on Wednesday, directing the premier agency to require over the investigation.
The CBI on Thursday lodged an FIR against Rhea Chakraborty and five others Indrajit Chakraborty, Sandhya Chakraborty (her parents), Showik Chakraborty (brother), Samuel Miranda and Shruti Modi.