Sushant case Cops to record Bhansali's statement on July 6

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    Mumbai, Jul 3 (PTI) The statement of director Sanjay
Leela Bhansali will be recorded on Monday in connection with
the suicide case of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, a police
official said on Friday.
    Bhansali had offered films to Rajput but could not
work with him apparently due to date issues.
    Rajput (34) was found hanging at his suburban Bandra
residence on June 14.
    The Bandra police have summoned the ace Bollywood
director and he will join the investigation on Monday, when
his statement will be recorded, the official added.
    The police, who are probing angle of possible
professional rivalry in the case, will enquire about reasons
behind the actor's depression, he said.
    Bhansali had offered films to Rajput, but due to date
issues, things did not work out between them as the actor had
signed a contract with a big production house.
    The police will try to understand the circumstances in
which the rising star of Bollywood killed himself, the
official said.
    The police have so far recorded statements of 29
people, including Rajput's family members, his close friends
like actor Rhea Chakraborty, casting director Mukesh Chhabra,
Yash Raj Films casting director Shanoo Sharma and actor
Sanjana Sanghi, who was the actor's co-star in her debut film
'Dil Bechara'.
    Rajput, who had started his acting career from TV,
starred in films such as 'Shuddh Desi Romance', 'Raabta',
'Chhichhore', 'Kedarnath' and 'Sonchiriya'. But his most
prominent role came as popular cricketer Mahendra Singh
Dhoni in the biopic "MS Dhoni: The Untold Story". PTI DC
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