The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday registered an FIR in connection with the death of Disha Salian, former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, following a direction from the Bombay High Court for a thorough probe into the case.
Salian was found dead on June 8, 2020, days before Rajput was found dead at his residence in Bandra, Mumbai. Her death had earlier been recorded as an Accidental Death Report (ADR).
The development comes after the Bombay High Court directed the CBI to register an FIR and investigate the circumstances surrounding Salian’s death. During an earlier hearing, a Division Bench of Justice Bharti Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande had raised concerns over the registration of only an ADR despite allegations by Salian’s family that she was murdered.
The court had also noted that copies of the post-mortem report and the ADR had not been provided to Salian’s family even five years after her death.
Following the court’s direction, Salian’s father, Satish Salian, had said that he had provided investigating authorities with details of the circumstances surrounding his daughter’s death and expressed confidence that the proceedings would begin soon.