Rhea Chakraborty's Lawyer Says Actress Not Missing, Reveals Why She Was Missing From Sushant Singh Rajput's Funeral

Not many days ago the news hit the headlines that actress Rhea Chakraborty and her family has left their Mumbai home. The information was allegedly shared by the supervisor of the building who stated that the actress and family left in a blue car in the dead of the night with huge suitcases. Reacting to the same her lawyer Satish Manshinde has now given a statement and also spoken about her absence from Sushant’s funeral.

In a statement, the advocate stated, "The contention of Bihar Police that Rhea Chakraborty is missing is not correct. Her statement has been recorded by Mumbai police. She's cooperated with police as and when called."

He further revealed that the name of the actress was removed from the list of funeral attendees, “Rhea Chakraborty has always been living in Mumbai. She was in Mumbai on 14th June 2020. She was not allowed to attend the Funeral of Sushant Singh as her name was stuck off from the list of 20.”

Explaining the matter of Rhea’s petition in the Supreme Court, Satish Manshinde said that the Bihar police has no jurisdiction in the case“Later on when the Bihar Police came to Mumbai to investigate a case on the basis of an FIR registered at Patna, she approached the Supreme Court and filed a Transfer Petition on 30th July 2020 for Transfer of the Case to Mumbai in view of the Legal Position that A case registered beyond the jurisdiction of the local police station where the alleged incident has taken place can only record a “ Zero FIR “ and transfer it for investigation to Mumbai where the criminal law has already been set in motion. The Bihar Police has no jurisdiction to investigate the case legally and otherwise.”

A team of Bihar police officials in Mumbai have been investigating the case of Sushant’s death based on F.I.R lodged filed by the actor’s father naming actress Rhea Chakraborty and her family among others of abetting the suicide of the actor.