Sushant Singh Rajput, the Indian actor was found dead hanging from the ceiling fan at his home in Bandra, Mumbai on 14 June 2020. The Mumbai Police launched an investigation into the death, which was surrounded by rumors and speculation. One week before his suicide, Rajput had searched three subjects on internet multiple times:
On 13 June 2020, the night before his death, Rajput went to his bedroom after dinner. At around 2 a.m. on Sunday, 14 June he made two phone calls, one to Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty and another to television actor Mahesh Shetty.
Rajput woke up early that morning on June 14, 2020. He searched on google about "schizophrenia", "bipolar disorder" and "painless death". In the morning of 14 June, he spoke to his sister over the telephone at around 9 a.m. and an hour later he had a glass of juice and his tablets. At around 11:30 a.m., his cook knocked several times on the door of his room, to confirm the menu for the day. He received no response from inside. They he called a key-maker to open the door, following which they called Rajput's sister and the police. He was found hanging from the ceiling fan. No suicide note was recovered from the spot.
The Indian Express reported that the Mumbai Police said the actor had shown symptoms of clinical depression and was consulting a psychiatrist. They also report that medical papers and anti-depressant pills were found in his house.
The Mumbai Police commenced an investigation, stating that the death was being treated as a suicide. A team of three doctors conducted an autopsy and submitted their provisional postmortem report at Bandra Police Station. They said that cause of death is asphyxia due to hanging.
The final postmortem report, received on 25 June, confirmed the cause of the death as asphyxia due to hanging and said it was a "clear case of suicide."
The police revealed that Rajput was upset with being linked to the death of Disha Salian, his previous manager. Salian had died five days before him, and a case of accidental death was registered. She died after falling from the fourteenth floor of her building. On 3 August, Police Commissioner of Mumbai Param Bir Singh said investigators had found no link between the deaths of Rajput and Salian.
On 3 October, Dr. Sudhir Gupta, leader of the CBI-designated forensic medical team, said, "Sushant death is a case of suicide. Murder completely ruled out." Gupta told ANI, "There were no injuries over the body other than hanging. There were no marks of struggle/scuffle in the body and clothes of the deceased."
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