MUMBAI: Police till Saturday have questioned 16 persons and recorded their statements as part of a probe after Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput (34) was found dead in his sixth floor flat at Bandra’s Mount Blanc.
Police also recorded the statement of Rajput’s friend Rhea Chakraborty, who left his flat on June 8, after he allegedly told her to leave him alone.
Police on Saturday received contract papers from a production house that had signed him for three films earlier but they did not work out after only one released.
Police are awaiting the forensic science laboratory report of blood and other samples collected from the flat, and retrieval of call and data records from his phone and laptop. They also recorded the statement of Rajput’s legal advisor. A Bandra police officer said they will call production house staff for questioning, if needed.
Deputy commissioner of police (zone IX) Abhishek Trimukhe said they had recorded statements of his managerial staff in the accidental death report.