SSR Case: Anil Deshmukh Forwards Request To CBI To Probe Link Between Filmmaker Sandip Ssingh & BJP

Congress attacked the ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party over its alleged links with filmmaker Sandip Ssingh, best known for producing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biopic.

Sushant Singh Rajput’s friend and producer Sandip Ssingh met his family members at their residence in Patna on Monday (June 29).

The ongoing mysterious death case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput has taken another political turn as a Congress delegation met Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh demanding a probe in the relationship between Bharatiya Janata Party and late actor's close friend Sandip Ssingh, best known for producing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biopic ahead of the 2019 national elections. "Today Congress delegation met me and demanded an inquiry in the relationship between Sandip Ssingh, who made PM Modi's biopic, and BJP; also his connection with drugs. We are forwarding this request to CBI," Anil Deshmukh said, as quoted by news agency ANI.

The development in the middle of the death probe came after Congress attacked the ruling party BJP over its alleged links with Sandip Ssingh, who claimed to be the closest friend of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, and questioned why he had called the BJP office in Mumbai "53 times". On the other hand, the Maharashtra government has been facing accusations from the BJP that it had "overlooked" charges of drug use surrounding actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death to protect those close to the state's ruling parties. Meanwhile, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) are probing the drug angle in the SSR's death case. The drug law enforcement agency has officially registered a case against Sushant's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty.