Mumbai/ New Delhi:

A special team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) – set up to investigate Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death – began its probe this morning, two days after the Supreme Court asked the central probe agency to take over the case.

The team questioned a staff member of the actor and met Mumbai Police to collect case records, including the postmortem report of the actor.

The 10-member team, led by Superintendent of Police (SP) Nupur Prasad, reached Mumbai last night to begin the investigation.

Sushant Singh Rajput’s cook, who is among the key witnesses, was questioned by the CBI officers.

While Sushant Singh Rajput’s staff was questioned at the office of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Air Force Guest House in Santa Cruz, a second team of CBI officers visited the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police near the Bandra Police Station.

Forensic experts from the CBI’s Central Forensic Science Laboratory are also expected to visit the actor’s house today.

The CBI investigation begins amid a huge political row over the actor’s death.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the CBI would take over all investigations into the Sushant Singh Rajput case, asserting that “an impartial probe is the need of the hour”.

The top court also asked the Mumbai police to hand over all evidence it has collected to the investigating agency and said any other case registered in connection with the actor’s death would also be investigated by the CBI.

Sushant Singh Rajput’s family has accused his friend Rhea Chakraborty of financial fraud and abetment of suicide and filed a case against her in Patna which has been upheld by the Supreme Court. The Bihar police started investigating the case and the state government called in the CBI.

The actor, 34, was found dead at his Bandra home on June 14.