Rhea Chakraborty has been answering questions put forth by the CBI officials for the past few days. But there is one person who stands by with the testimony of what Rhea is saying and that is Sushant’s former manager Shruti Modi. Modi has appeared before the Enforcement Directorate and she has been seeking legal help from advocate Ashok Saraogi.
Shruti Modi’s lawyer, Ashok Saraogi, says that it is not right to say that it is because of Rhea that Rajput started consuming drugs. “He had been consuming drugs much before she entered his life,” said Saraogi. Sohail Sagar, Sushant’s former driver and bodyguard, was the one who used to fetch drugs for the late actor said Saraogi.
According to Saraogi, Sohail had driven Rajput twice to meet his family and it is not possible that the family would not have known about his substance abuse habit. “Sohail and Keshav used to coordinate and two other friends, Ayush Sharma and Anandi, used to stay at Rajput’s house at times and do substance abuse together. There were many parties at Rajput’s residence which were attended by his sisters also where substance abuse was done,” said Saraogi.
According to Saraogi, a WhatsApp group was formed where Rajput and Rhea, both were present along with Sohail others and the manager where the procurement of drugs and naming one such abusive substance as “AK 47” was mentioned many times. “It is just not possible that people who were in the group were not using the drugs. All of them were in the know and used to consume drugs,” said Saraogi.
According to Saraogi, there were at least three parties which were attended by Rajput’s family members were there when drugs were used. “One of the sisters who live in Mumbai had attended many parties is fond of alcohol and has been to many parties where this substance abuse was done,” claimed Saraogi.
Talking about substance abuse and it impacts on Rajput, Saraogi says that in January this year, a company wanted to take Rajput as it’s brand ambassador but since he was not in town it was proposed that old photographs would be used and the contract money would be reduced by 50 per cent. “Rajput did not agree to this while promising to come to Mumbai. But when he returned to the city, the company terminated its contracts with him as he was just not in the right state of physique and mind,” said Saraogi.
Talking about Rajput’s relationship with his own family, Saraogi says that it was not cordial like a normal family. “In November 2019, three of his sisters had come to meet him and they were to fly back together. But around November 27, there was a huge fight that happened at night in the house and the next day all the three sisters checked into hotel Lalit.
Sushant suffered so much due to this that he admitted himself into the Hinduja Hospital at Khar on 28th. When he was there, his father had called one of the staff members saying that he wanted to speak to Rajput but the actor refused to speak to him. He said that talking to his family has already landed him at the hospital, talking to his father would deteriorate his condition further and refused to take that call,” said Saraogi.
Sushant Singh Rajput’s family has alleged that there were Rs 15 crores in the late actor’s account which have been siphoned off. However, his former manager states that there were approximately Rs 8 crores in various accounts, deposits and mutual funds. In many of these accounts, Rajput’s sister Priyanka is a nominee according to Saraogi.
