The CBI team conducted a dummy test at Sushant Singh Rajput’s Bandra flat on August 23. The team is now exploring the possibility of someone else hanging the actor after his death or when he was unconscious.
Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging at his Mumbai home on June 14.
The Special Investigation Team of CBI conducted a dummy test and recreated scenes at Sushant Singh Rajput’s flat in Bandra, Mumbai. The test was conducted to find out if it is possible to hang oneself from the fan, can someone else hang him after his death or when he was unconscious. India Today found out the revelations of the dummy test which suggest that the CBI is now exploring the latter case.
The CBI sources say that the study of viscera and post-mortem report will confirm the possibility of the aforementioned angle.
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Here are the revelations of the dummy test:
- Sources say that the dummy test reveals that it is possible to hang oneself in the space between the bed and the fan’s rod.
- If Sushant hanged himself or someone else hanged him after death/in unconsciousness will be ascertained after examining viscera report and post-mortem report by Dr Sudhir Gupta and his team.
- There is no clarity in forensic report by the Mumbai Police on the time of death and second opinion. The lack of clarity led to all these speculation.
- The distance between the fan and the mattress was 5 feet 11 inch. According to google, Sushant’s height is 5 feet 10 inch. However, the actor had said that he was 6 feet.
- They also found out that the height of the bed along with the mattress was 1 feet 9 inch, while the height of the mattress alone was 8 inch.
- The height of the ceiling from the mattress was found out to be 9 feet 3 inch, while POP to floor was 8 feet 11 inch. Sushant’s body was found inclined with a total height of 8 feet 1 inch.
- The bathrobe belt of the actor was also broken.
- Doctors from Cooper Hospital, where Sushant’s post-mortem was conducted, have said the time of death was 10 to 12 hours before post-mortem. It was done at 11:30 pm.
- On July 27, Mumbai Police received forensic report regarding tensile strength of the Kurta which said it could bear weight up to 200 kg. Fiber of the same cloth matched with the fiber found on the actors’ neck.
The CBI team is likely to question Rhea Chakraborty today. Siddharth Pithani and Sushant’s cook Neeraj will also be grilled again today.
Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging at his Mumbai home on June 14. Mumbai Police, which were initially investigating the case declared it a suicide. However, On July 25, Sushant Singh Rajput’s father KK Singh filed a complaint at Patna’s Rajiv Nagar Police Station and an FIR was filed against Rhea Chakraborty and her family members. In his complaint, Singh alleged that Rhea and her family siphoned off Rs 15 crore from Sushant’s bank account. A case of abetment to suicide has also been filed against Rhea Chakraborty. Bihar Police began its investigation and reached Mumbai.
Rhea moved the Supreme Court to transfer the case from Bihar Police to Mumbai Police. However, on August 5, the Centre told SC that they have accepted the Bihar government’s recommendation to transfer the case to CBI. The SC verdict came out on August 19, and the CBI was given full control of the investigation.
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