On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ordered a CBI inquiry into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. The court also directed the Mumbai police to hand over all the evidence to the central bureau.
As the case gets more and more twists, a new name has popped up in the case – Smita Parikh. Smita Parikh has not been named in any of the FIRs and nor has she been named by any accused. She is the family friend of the actor. She has made explosive statements regarding the case which has brought her to the forefront.
As per a report, Smita and Sushant became friends in 2017 when the late actor visited a literature festival. Since then, both of them got along well and was also in touch with the actor’s sister and brother-in-law.
Speaking to Republic TV, Smita spoke about the connection between Disha Salian’s death and Sushant’s death. She said,
“On 14th June, Sushant and his sister were going to have family time on Sunday afternoon. On the 13th night, his sister calls him he doesn’t pick up the phone, she texts him and he doesn’t reply, which is very unusual. In the morning, she calls Pithani and she asked him where is he and why is he not responding, and she’s seen told that he just asked for juice and he went back and now he’s sleeping.”
Smita Says Sushant Did Not Commit Suicide
Speaking to India Today, she said that Sushant did not commit suicide. Substantiating her claim, she said,
“It’s been more than a month but the forensic report of the cloth used for hanging has not come out. On the day of his death, Pithani, Samuel, the guy who used to handle his technical stuff were there along with his cook. Why didn’t they wait for the sister to come? Pithani and Samuel were the only ones who saw him hanging. Nobody else saw him hanging. There were bruises on his face. And we know Sushant, he was not a guy who would kill himself over depression.”
In another interview with ET Times TV, Parikh told how she lost her friendship with Sushant after Rhea Chakraborty came into his life. She said,
“I began losing touch with Sushant around August 2019 (till then, they were very regularly in touch). We last interacted when we exchanged greetings in Diwali 2019. After that, there was no response from his side. I wished him on his birthday through Rhea Chakraborty’s phone too when I texted my best wishes to him, but got no reply – neither from him nor her. I think he had changed his number by then and I don’t think it was conveyed to him.”
Source: Free Press Journal
