Sushant case was used to defame Maha for gains in Bihar Anil Deshmukh

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    Mumbai, Sep 29 (PTI) Referring to reports claiming
that doctors did not find poison in Sushant Singh Rajput's
viscera, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday
said "some parties" defamed the state for gains in Bihar.
    He also said he was "eagerly waiting" for the outcome
of the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) probe into the
case.
    The NCP leader's comments came a day after the CBI
said it had not reached any conclusions in the case yet.
    "The AIIMS report which has come today (as claimed by
some media outlets) says there was no poison in Sushant Singh
Rajput's viscera," Deshmukh told reporters here.
    "The Mumbai police were probing the matter quite
professionally, but suddenly the probe was handed over to the
CBI," he said.
    Even the Supreme Court, which upheld the transfer of
the case to the central agency last month, had observed that
the Mumbai police had investigated the matter properly, he
said.
    "It seems some political parties conspired to defame
Maharashtra and Mumbai Police. Allegations were leveled
against several people," Deshmukh, an NCP leader, said.
    "All this was done to seek political benefit out of
Sushant Singh death case during the (coming) Bihar elections,"
he alleged.
    He also noted that former Bihar director general of
police Gupteshwar Pandey joined the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)
after seeking voluntary retirement ahead of the polls.
    "Pandey too was used for political purposes," Deshmukh
alleged.
    Earlier in the day, Deshmukh had taken to Twitter to
ask, "What happened after the Sushant Singh death case probe
was handed over to the CBI? People have been asking whether
the actor committed suicide or was killed.
    "We are also waiting eagerly to know the outcome of
the CBI probe," he added.
    The Supreme Court last month upheld the transfer of an
FIR, lodged in Patna by the actor's parents against his
girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and others for allegedly abetting
the suicide, to the CBI. PTI ENMGK
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