Sushant Singh Rajput Case: A Day After Probing Rhea Chakraborthy, ED To Quiz Siddharth Pithani Today

Rhea was grilled by the ED for almost 8 hours on Friday over alleged financial irregularities and money laundering effected by her side from the deceased actor's bank account.

A day after extensively probing Rhea Chakraborthy in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will today question Siddharth Pithani. Siddharth is reportedly said to have been Sushant's close friend and also worked as a Creative Content Manager for him. Rhea was grilled by the ED for almost 8 hours on Friday over alleged financial irregularities and money laundering effected by her side from the deceased actor's bank account. Apart from Rhea Chakraborty,the ED had also quizzed her brother Showik, her chartered accountant Ritesh Shah and her former manager Shruti Modi. It is notable that the ED had rejected Rhea's plea over postponement of recording her statement with the ED till her Supreme Court hearing to be held next week. Earlier on August 7, Rhea was the first to arrive at the ED office in Mumbai along with her brother. They were followed by her former manager and chartered accountant later. An ED official with conditions of anonymity stated that Rhea remained evasive on most of the questions and claimed to be innocent. According to top ED officials, the investigative agency quizzed Rhea around a spree of questions related to the financial transactions from the bank account of the late actor, Sushant Singh Rajput who was found dead on June 14 in his Bandra flat at Mumbai. The ED officials said that she was asked about the details of movable and immovable properties, businesses, and companies in which she and her family members are stakeholders. The official requesting anonymity said that the ED also asked Rhea to furnish the details of her address, profession, family members, mode of income, details of bank accounts, and credit cards. She was also asked to give details about how she knew Sushant Singh Rajput, and for how long.