The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday questioned actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s friend and roommate Siddharth Pithani, business manager Shruti Modi and elder sister Meetu Singh in connection with a money laundering case linked to his death.
While Pithani and Modi arrived at the office of the central probe agency in the Ballard Estate area around 11 am in response to their scheduled summons, Meetu Singh reached a little after 1 pm.
She was escorted by women officials of the Mumbai Police to the ED office, thronged by scores of media personnel since questioning in the case began last week. This is the first time that a member of Rajput’s family is appearing before the ED. Rajput has four sisters.
Both Pithani and Modi were questioned by the agency on Monday and their statements were recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Modi was questioned last week as well.
Pithani, an IT professional, had told various news channels that he was present in the Bandra flat on June 14 when the 34-year-old actor allegedly hanged himself.
Pithani, who Rajput called ‘Buddha’, was stated to be living with the actor for about a year. He had earlier recorded his statement with the Mumbai Police as part of its accidental death report (ADR) probe in the case.
Rhea and her family are expected to be called in for questioning again. A friend of Rajput to whom officials said a payment has been made from the actor’s account may also be called in.
The ED has earlier questioned the chartered accountants (CAs) of Rhea and Rajput and the deceased actor’s house manager Samuel Miranda. (PTI)