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Sushant Singh Rajput's family says Rhea Chakraborty was wrongly cleared in his suicide case

Sushant Singh Rajput family fights the report and says important evidence was left out.

Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty

Legal battle reignites as Sushant Singh Rajput family rejects Rhea Chakraborty clearance

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Pooja Pillai
By Pooja PillaiOct 23, 2025
Pooja Pillai

Pooja Pillai is an entertainment journalist with Asian Media Group, where she covers cinema, pop culture, internet trends, and the politics of representation. Her work spans interviews, cultural features, and social commentary across digital platforms.

She began her reporting career as a news anchor, scripting and presenting stories for a regional newsroom. With a background in journalism and media studies, she has since built a body of work exploring how entertainment intersects with social and cultural shifts, particularly through a South Indian lens.

She brings both newsroom rigour and narrative curiosity to her work, and believes the best stories don’t just inform — they reveal what we didn’t know we needed to hear.

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Highlights:

  • Family calls the report an “eyewash”, vows legal action
  • Rhea Chakraborty was cleared of abetment and financial charges
  • Lawyer says key evidence missing from closure report
  • Case returns to Patna court in December

The storm around the Sushant Singh Rajput death case refuses to quiet down. Days after India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the country’s top investigative agency filed a closure report giving Rhea Chakraborty a clean chit, the late actor’s family hit back, calling the document “flimsy” and “incomplete”. Their lawyer, Varun Singh, said the family would file a protest petition, mentioning the investigation “fails to tell the truth”.

Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty Legal battle reignites as Sushant Singh Rajput family rejects Rhea Chakraborty clearance Getty Images/Instagram/rhea_chakraborty


What did the CBI conclude?

Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his home in Bandra on June 14, 2020. The CBI said it was suicide. The report says there is no evidence that Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik or anyone else forced or threatened him. It also says there was no sign of any money misuse or fraud.

When Rhea left Sushant’s home on 8 June, she reportedly took only her Apple laptop and a watch he had gifted her. “No property was dishonestly taken out of his possession,” the report notes. CBI officials even cited that Rajput had referred to Rhea as “family” in earlier conversations, a detail now fuelling new rounds of debate online.


Why the family is calling it an ‘eyewash’

Rajput’s family argues the agency’s closure report leaves too many blanks. Their lawyer told reporters that crucial files, including phone records, witness statements, and medical documents were missing.

“This is nothing but eyewash,” he said, questioning why the CBI hadn’t submitted all supporting material to court. “If they truly wanted transparency, they’d have placed every document on record.” For them, the issue isn’t only justice for Sushant Singh Rajput. It’s about faith in the system that once promised to deliver it.

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