Mumbai Police says that there was no foul play in quarantining Bihar IPS officer

The Mumbai Police denied of any foul play in sending IPS officer Vinay Tiwari into quarantine in an affidavit sent to the Supreme Court. This was in reaction to the case registered by late actor’s father in Patna. He said that the Mumbai police was aiming to obstruct the investigation by the Bihar Police by doing so.

The affidavit also said that the Central Bureau of Investigation ought not to have gone ahead to register a case and make a team for conducting the investigation.

Clarifying on the quarantine of the Bihar Police officer, the police said: “In fact, such step was taken by the Municipal Corporation for Greater Mumbai and not by police authorities.”

The Mumbai Police also said that after considering the facts and circumstances of the Sushant’s case, only the Maharashtra government is competent to give consent under Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, for transferring the case to the CBI because the cause of action has arisen solely and completely within the state alone.

The Mumbai Police also said that Sushant’s father never registered an FIR against Rhea with them despite being aware that it is them investigating his son’s death case. The affidavit said, “On the contrary, the statements of all the close relatives of the deceased, including the respondent No. 2 (Sushant’s father) as soon as possible after the said death, demonstrate that none of them had any suspicion about the suicide committed by the deceased or against anybody whosoever in that regard,”

“Suffice it to say that, the indecent haste with which the CBI has proceeded in this regard speaks for itself,” said the affidavit.