OdishaPlus Bureau
The Bihar government on Friday informed the SC that the Mumbai Police has been obstructing the investigation into the Sushant Singh Rajput case by Patna police. The Mumbai Police is yet to hand over the crucial documents connected with the case.
“The Mumbai Police has not supplied any documents such as Inquest Report, Post Mortem report, FSL report, CCTV footage etc. to the Patna Police despite several requests made by the latter which clearly indicates their lack of co- operation,” said the affidavit.
The state government contended that when IPS officer Vinay Tiwary reached Mumbai, he was forcibly quarantined by the civic body BMC, which casts serious aspersion on the role of Mumbai Police who is apparently siding with the petitioner.
“The members of the SIT carried out investigation wherein various witnesses have been examined and the Kotak Bank account details of the deceased actor has been verified, the details have been mentioned in the FIR with regard to siphoning of money by the petitioner and other accused persons,” said the affidavit.
The state government said in the present case, the Patna Police has jurisdiction to register the FIR and investigate it as per the law laid down by the Constitution Bench of the top court in Lalita Kumari Vs. the State of Uttar Pradesh reported in (2014) case. “The submission of the petitioner that the entire cause of action arose in Mumbai and the State of Bihar has no jurisdiction to register FIR is liable to be rejected in view of the provisions contained under section 179 Cr.P.C”, added the affidavit.
