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Mumbai Police have interrogated 37 members as a part of their probe on Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. Reportedly, Karan Johar will be called for questioning soon.

It has crossed a month since the world has lost Sushant Singh Rajput, but his fans are still grieving his death. Meanwhile, Police are continuing their probe and recently Mahesh Bhatt has been summoned for questioning.

Mahesh Bhatt recorded his statement at the Santa Cruz Police station on Monday. Some of the details of his statements have been surfaced in certain reports.

As per a report of Zee News, Mahesh Bhatt has said that he had met Sushant only twice, once in 2018 and the other in 2019. The report further revealed that he had met Sushant once through Riya Chakraborty while she was shooting for Mahesh Bhatt’s Jalebi.

While speaking about Rhea Chakraborty, the Sadak 2 director had said that he was close to her as he casted her in his film Jalebi. He also said that Rhea considered him as her guru.

Furthermore, he said that Sushant has expressed his interest in working with him irrespective of the role given.

Reportedly, Mahesh Bhatt told the cops that Sadak 2 was supposed to be made with Sanjay Dutt as lead as the film is the remake of Sadak, 1991 which starred Sanjay and Pooja Bhatt.

He also told the cops that there was never any discussion over casting Rhea or Sushant in Sadak 2.

Mahesh Bhatt has also clarified that he never had any intentions in casting Sushant in any of his films.

Sushant Singh Rajput reportedly passed away by hanging himself in his residence. However, his fans condemned the suicide and claim that he was murdered.

Upon repeated requests and petitions by his fans, a recent was filed petition by Subramanyam Swamy requesting CBI enquiry and it was acknowledged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Recently, Rhea Chakraborty has also requested Amit Shah to conduct CBI enquiry on Sushant’s death and he too acknowledged it. She wanted to understand what pressures prompted him to take such drastic step.

Bandra Police have recorded 37 statements of celebrities and close people related to Sushant and Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta are yet to record their statements.

Sushant’s forensic report has recently been received by the Mumbai Police and the report says there’s no foul play associated to his death.

By Gayatri Yellayi