The investigation in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case has been handed over to the CBI, the Centre told Supreme Court on Wednesday. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who is representing the Union of India in the case, said that the Bihar Government's recommendation has been accepted by the Centre and investigation in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case has been transferred to the CBI. Senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi for Bihar Government said that they welcomed the decision.
The top court asked the parties involved to file their response in three days. It also ordered the Maharashtra government to apprise the court of the stage of investigation by Mumbai Police into Rajput’s death. The case will now be heard next week.At the Supreme Court hearing today, Sushant Singh Rajput's family lawyer Vikas Singh said that the evidence is being tampered with by Mumbai Police. He also said that the Mumbai Police must cooperate with Bihar Police. The lawyer for Maharashtra Government, R Basant, said that the allegations against the Mumbai Police are politically motivated and that the Bihar Police have no jurisdiction to register an FIR. He further said that there has been no FIR filed in Mumbai till now. He also said that the Bihar Police has no right to sit in judgement of Mumbai Police's investigation.
The Supreme Court said that the Mumbai Police have registered a case of unnatural death and the FIR in Patna has raised other issues as well. The Supreme Court also said that the case has hogged too much of media time and attention, and the quarantining of a police personnel does not send a good message.The turf war between the Patna and Mumbai police intensified after a Bihar officer who arrived in Mumbai on Sunday was "forced to quarantine".