Though the police has repeatedly clarified that actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death was prima facie a case of suicide, this has not stopped unverified allegations from making the rounds. News agency ANI quoted Sushant's maternal uncle (remaining unnamed) outside the actor's residence in Patna: "We don’t think he committed suicide, police must investigate the matter. There seems to be a conspiracy behind his death. He has been murdered."
Jan Adhikar party chief Pappu Yadav demanded a CBI probe into the death. "He has been murdered, he cannot commit suicide. I demand CBI enquiry into the matter," he said, reported ANI.
The postmortem of the actor was conducted at Dr RN Cooper Municipal General Hospital. Zee News had quoted DCP Abhishek Trimukhe as saying: "Prima facie, this looks like a case of suicide. No suspicious thing was found at the spot."
The actor was found hanging in his Bandra apartment on Sunday, sending shockwaves rippling through the Hindi film industry. He was 34. Rajput, who made the storybook transition from Patna boy to television and then the starry lights of the Hindi film industry, was the youngest of five siblings and is survived by his father and four sisters.
"His body was found hanging at his Bandra residence today. We are investigating," Manoj Sharma, additional commissioner of police, Western Region, told PTI. An accidental death report will be registered on the basis of preliminary information sources from the Bandra Police said. No note was found from the spot, they said.
Police officials also told the news agency that they did not find any foul play in their initial investigation. A medical report about the cause of death is awaited, the police said. Rajput's last screen appearance was Nitesh Tiwari's 2019 film Chhichhore, here he played the role of a father who conveys a message of hope and affirmation to his son who has attempted to kill himself.
-Inputs from PTI
