After Kangana and Karan Johar's manager, Mahesh Bhatt records statement in Sushant Rajput’s suicide case

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, July 27

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt on Monday recorded his statement with the Mumbai Police in the Sushant Singh Rajput case.

Bhatt reached the Santacruz police station at 11.30 am and recorded his statements before the Deputy Commissioner of Police.

Earlier, actress Kangana Ranaut and Apoorva Mehta, CEO of Dharma Productions, the production house of Karan Johar had submitted their statements in the case.

“Whoever is needed we will summon,” Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had said on Sunday.

On being asked if Johar himself would be summoned, the minister replied: “Karan Johar’s manager has been summoned, and if needed we will summon Karan Johar as well.”

The statement of Johar’s manager, Reshma Shetty, has also been recorded.

Meanwhile, Kangana’s digital team, which goes by the name Team Kangana Ranaut on an unverified Twitter account, reacted to Deshmukh’s announcement, writing: “So Karan Johar’s manager is summoned but not @AUThackeray’s best friend @karanjohar!! @MumbaiPolice stop making a joke out of SSR murder investigations.”

A second tweet on the account reads: “How can @MumbaiPolice display blatantly shameless nepotism even in issuing summons? Kangana has been issued summon not her manager but Chief Minister’s son’s best friend’s manager is called for questioning, why? saheb ko pareshani na ho issliye (is it to ensure that sir is not inconvenienced)?”

Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging at his residence on June 14. Postmortem report stated that the actor had committed suicide.

With inputs from IANS