Rhea Chakraborty has appeared before ED for questioning with her brother Showmik
Rhea Chakraborty has appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday (August 7) for questioning in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. Her images come up a few hours after her request to postpone the recording of her statement till her Supreme Court plea hearing was rejected by the ED. The ED had reportedly also warned they would register Rhea Chakraborty's absence as non-compliance of summons.
Rhea appeared before them with her brother Showmik Chakraborty - both of whom were reportedly business partners with Sushant Singh Rajput. ED has summoned Rhea for questioning in connection with a money laundering case related to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.
The ED is seeking details of the financial transactions of the firm Vividrage Rhealityx, in which Rhea is a director. They will also investigate the financial transactions of 'Front India For World', in which her brother Showik Chakraborty is a director.
1. Rhea summoned by ED
Rhea arrived for questioning with her brother Showmik when the ED summoned her.
2. 'Law-abiding citizens', says Rhea's lawyer
"Rhea Chakraborty is a law-abiding citizen. In view of the fact that ED has informed the media that the request to postpone the attendance is rejected, she has appeared in the ED at the appointed time and date," said her lawyer Satish Maneshinde.
3. Lawyer had previously said Rhea wanted to postpone questioning till court hearing
Advocate Satish Manshinde, who is representing Rhea in the matter, had revealed that the actress had sought postponement the recording of her statement in the money laundering case. "Rhea Chakraborty has requested that the recording of her statement be postponed till Supreme Court hearing," he said.
4. 'Rs 15 crore missing from Sushant's bank account,' finds Bihar Police
The Bihar Police had found Rs. 15 crore missing from Sushant Singh Rajput's bank account. Rhea has been called in for questioning in the same matter. The Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had revealed, "Bihar Police FIR says Rs 15 crore were siphoned off from Sushant's account. During the probe (by Mumbai Police), we found he had Rs 18 crore in his account of which around Rs 4.5 cr are still there. Till now no direct transfer to Rhea Chakraborty's account has been found, but we are still probing."
5. Rhea's associate and CA already summoned
Before Rhea, her associate Samuel Miranda and CA Ritesh Shah were also questioned in relation to actor Sushant's death case.
(All images via Viral Bhayani)