Days after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) booked Goa-based hotelier Gaurav Arya in a drug case, he appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on September 1 for questioning in connection with the money laundering probe related to the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. This is the second consecutive day of Arya’s questioning at ED’s Mumbai office.

CNN-News18 accesses explosive WhatsApp chats between Sushant Singh Rajput and his sister, Priyanka

A series of WhatsApp exchanges, exclusively accessed by CNN-News18, between Sushant Singh Rajput and one of his sisters Priyanka allegedly suggests that the late actor’s family was very well aware of his mental health problems. This chat took place on June 8, six days before Sushant was found dead in his apartment in Bandra, Mumbai.

#EXCLUSIVE | CNN-News18 accesses explosive WhatsApp chats between Sushant Singh Rajput and his sister, Priyanka.

Join the broadcast with @shreyadhoundial.#JusticeForSushant pic.twitter.com/B6x2Dtgbqv

— CNNNews18 (@CNNnews18) September 1, 2020

Rhea Chakraborty has not been summoned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) today for her statement, says Satish Maneshinde, Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer. The central agency, probing the money laundering angle in Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, questioned Rhea’s father for the second time for nearly six hours on Thursday. ED had earlier questioned Chakraborty and her brother Showik on August 10. Chakraborty’s manager Shruti Modi and Sushant Rajput’s friend and roommate Siddharth Pithani have also been questioned by the ED. 

Sushant Singh Rajput’s flatmate Siddharth Pithani and cook Neeraj are also being questioned by the CBI at the DRDO guest house complex in Kalina, Santacruz. Both Siddharth and Neeraj were present at Sushant’s residence when the actor was found dead in his room on June 14. 

#NewsAlert | CBI summons Rhea Chakraborty’s parents for questioning.

Sushant’s flatmate Siddharth and cook Neeraj is also being questioned.@vinivdvc and @Herman_Gomes with details.#JusticeForSushant

Join the broadcast with @SiddiquiMaha. pic.twitter.com/t9RzbjX9YE

— CNNNews18 (@CNNnews18) September 1, 2020

Rhea’s lawyer reveals new facts about ‘huge life insurance policy’ of Sushant

During an interaction with CNN-News18, Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde also revealed new facts about “huge life insurance policy” of Sushant Singh Rajput. He said, “If a person has a huge life insurance policy, should his death be declared a suicide or some other reason to enjoy the benefits of the policy? Statement of the people residing in the house reveals that his family was continuously informed. Right from the time the door was being opened, to the time when instructions were given to knock out the door, to the time when they saw the body hanging; IPS OP Singh was giving instructions as well. His family knew everything. I assure you she left the house because Sushant had asked her to. Rhea is being maliciously accused by the family.”

The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday told the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) that it had not permitted actress Rhea Chakraborty’s purported “visit” to the morgue where late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s body was kept. Taking suo moto cognisance of the issue last week, SHRC Acting Chairman’s M.A. Sayeed had issued notice to the BMC and Mumbai Police, seeking their explanation by August 31. Pinakin Gujjar, the Dean of R.N. Cooper Hospital, along with a civic Law Officer, appeared before the SHRC and submitted a brief letter, stating that the BMC had not given any permission to the actress to enter the morgue.

Rhea Chakraborty has already been interrogated four times by the CBI. She is repeatedly interrogated by the ED. Everything from the time she met Sushant Singh Rajput till he died is being investigated. Sushant’s family also claimed that Rhea was administering drugs to Sushant without his consent. However, the new chats allegedly suggest that his sisters were administering him the medicines, not Rhea

Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde said that Sushant Singh Rajput’s sisters knew about his state and has helped him get the medicines in an unauthorised and illegal way. He said, “The records say that the family was aware of his medication as far back as Nov 29, 2019. There are exchange of messages between Shruti (Modi) and his family asking for prescription and medicines. It is revealed that on 8th of June, 2020, when Rhea left the house around 12:30 pm. He was in touch with his sisters. Priyanka has sent the message asking about his health. Previously, he has asked for the medicines from her. She sent a couple of names of the medicines which he said he can’t get without a prescription. She procured the prescription from Ram Manohar Lohiya Hospital and sent it to him.”

Rhea’s lawyer claims SSR’s family knew about actor’s mental state

The family was fully aware of Sushant’s ailment, his mental state and the fact that he needed medication, Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde tells CNN-News18. Sushant Singh Rajput’s family has maintained that it was unaware of Sushant’s depression.

#JusticeForSushant – The family was fully aware of his ailment, his mental state and the fact that he needed medication: Satish Maneshinde (Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer) tells @maryashakil on #NewsEpicentre pic.twitter.com/H5698uxaiw

— CNNNews18 (@CNNnews18) August 31, 2020

Rhea Chakraborty’s parents appear before the CBI

Rhea Chakraborty’s parents have arrived at the DRDO guest house, where the CBI team, probing the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, is stationed. Meanwhile, in the last four days, Rhea Chakraborty has been grilled for around 35 hours by the CBI. Rhea’s brother is being questioned by the CBI since last Thursday. 

Gaurav Arya reaches ED office for second round of questioning

Guarav Arya has arrived at the Enforcement Directorate for the second round of questioning. He was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate after his old chats with Rhea Chakraborty suggested a possible drug angle in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

Rhea Chakraborty’s father to appear before the CBI shortly

Rhea Chakraborty’s father, Indrajit Chakraborty, is en-route to the CBI office for questioning in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. Indrajit Chakraborty is also one of the accused in the FIR, filed by the central agency after the Patna police recommended the CBI probe into the matter.

#NewsAlert – Rhea Chakraborty’s father, Indrajit en-route to DRDO guest house for questioning by the CBI in Mumbai.@Herman_Gomes shares more details with @AnushaSoni23.#CBIForSushant pic.twitter.com/YzGscyLAb6

— CNNNews18 (@CNNnews18) September 1, 2020

A meeting underway between CBI and SSR’s family in Delhi

The CBI, which is probing the case of Sushant Singh Rajput death, is meeting the late actor’s family in Delhi. The CBI had earlier summoned Rhea Chakraborty’s parents for further questioning in Mumbai. Rhea’s father is expected to arrive at the DRDO guest house for questioning shortly.

#NewsAlert – CBI to meet Sushant Singh Rajput’s family in Delhi today.

CBI summons Rhea’s parents for questioning today in Mumbai.@Nitisha_Kashyap shares more details with @AnushaSoni23. #CBIForSushant pic.twitter.com/y9qz2bu1Ey

— CNNNews18 (@CNNnews18) September 1, 2020

The CBI on Monday questioned actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik for more than eight hours in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. This was the fourth straight day of questioning of Rhea Chakraborty (28), accused of abetting the suicide of Rajput (34), who was found dead in his flat in suburban Bandra on June 14.

Gaurav Arya, who runs two hotels in Goa, had earlier told news channels that he has never dealt in narcotics and his last interaction with Rhea Chakraborty was about three years ago, adding he will “comply” with all legal procedures. He had also said that he never met Sushant Singh Rajput, 34, who was allegedly found dead at his duplex flat in the Bandra area of Mumbai on June 14.

Goa-based hotelier Gaurav Arya to appear before the ED again

Gaurav Arya will be questioned by the ED for the second time at 11 AM today. The ED had summoned Arya last week to join the probe after it recovered some mobile phone messages reportedly sent by actor and Rajput’s live-in partner Rhea Chakraborty to him in 2017 and they purportedly indicated discussion of certain banned narcotics. The agency will record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

#NewsAlert – Gaurav Arya to be quizzed by the ED for the second time at 11 AM today. @Herman_Gomes shares more details with @vandanaseb.#RheaDrugsLink pic.twitter.com/HDGZEqDEkv

— CNNNews18 (@CNNnews18) September 1, 2020

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned a Goa-based hotelier, Gaurav Arya, in connection with a money laundering probe linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, officials said. Arya arrived at the central probe agency’s office in Mumbai’s Ballard Estate area around 10:30 AM accompanied by his legal team.