NEW TWIST IN SUSHANT'S DEATH; SISTERS' MEDICINES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO DEATH, SAY COPS

The Mumbai Police made this revelation days after the Central Bureau of Investigation opposed an FIR filed against Sushant Singh Rajput's sisters on Rhea Chakraborty's complaint in the Bombay High Court, labeling it as "vitiated and bad in law". The Mumbai Police on Monday told the court the complaint "disclosed commission of offence".

In an affidavit filed in the court, the police cited that it was "duty-bound" to file the FIR, dismissing the allegations that it was trying to damage the reputation of the 34-year-old actor - found dead at his Bandra home in June - or his sisters.

The police submitted the affidavit in the court, seeking dismissal of the petition filed by Sushant Singh Rajput's sisters - Priyanka Singh and Meetu Singh - to quash the case against them.

"The FIR was registered based on the information provided by the first informant (Rhea Chakraborty), disclosing commission of offence," the affidavit read, stressing that "a fake medical prescription was sent by the petitioners with the help of a Delhi-based doctor wherein medicines for anxiety were prescribed to Rajput".

"This may have led to administration of psychotropic substances without actual examination of Rajput by the doctor, and may have caused and contributed in his suicidal death. This version of the informant disclosed cognisable offences warranting investigation and requiring no preliminary enquiry. Therefore, the Mumbai police were duty-bound to register the FIR," the court was told.