New Delhi: Rhea Chakraborty has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the lookout circular issued against her by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with its probe into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. The actor was found dead in his apartment in suburban Bandra on June 14, 2020, and his father had, in July that year, lodged a complaint with Bihar police accusing Chakraborty, the actor’s then-girlfriend, and her kin of abetting his suicide.
In her plea, Rhea Chakraborty sought for the circular to be quashed and in a separate application sought temporary suspension of the circular as she has to travel abroad for a professional event, News18 reported. On Friday, her counsel Abhinav Chandrachud submitted to a division bench led by Justice A S Gadkari that it has been almost three years since the FIR was lodged by the CBI and the lookout circular issued but to date, there has been no other progress.
The CBI has never issued any summons to Chakraborty and has not even filed its chargesheet, her counsel told the court. Advocate Shriram Shirsat, appearing for the CBI, said the agency has filed its affidavit in reply to the plea. The bench then sought to know if Chakraborty had travelled abroad before. Chandrachud said Chakraborty, after securing bail in the drugs case, had got permission from the special NDPS court to travel abroad but she could not do so due to the CBI’s lookout circular. The bench then posted the matter for further hearing on December 20.
