The Enforcement Directorate has summoned actor Rhea Chakraborty and two of her family members for questioning in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput case on Monday. All three have been directed to appear before the central probe agency.
In addition to Rhea, her brother, Showik Chakraborty, and father, Inderjit Chakraborty, the Enforcement Directorate has also summoned Siddharth Pithani (a friend of Sushant Singh Rajput), who had ignored a summons to appear on Saturday.
This will be the second time that the agency will question Chakraborty and her father. It will be the third time that her brother will appear.
On Friday Chakraborty was questioned for more than nine hours. She, her brother, and former manager Shruti Modi were questioned in separate rooms at the agency's office in Mumbai, sources said.
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a money laundering case against Rhea Chakraborty and five others over "suspicious transactions" worth Rs.15 crore.
The case was filed after the agency acted on a FIR filed by Mr Rajput's father with Bihar police, accusing Ms Chakraborty of illegally transferring that amount from his son's bank account.
Sources in the agency said money from Mr Rajput's bank accounts had been transferred to Ms Chakraborty but it was nowhere near the alleged one. Agency sources, however, told news agency PTI that they "want more answers" over alleged mismatch in income, expenditure, and investments.
Sources close to the actor said the transactions were not unusual, particularly for a couple in a relationship that lived together and went on holidays together.
The agency will also question Siddharth Pithani, an IT official who was reportedly out of town during the first summons.
