The Bombay High Court has expressed dissatisfaction with the Maharashtra government and Mumbai police regarding their investigation into the death of Disha Salian, who was the former manager of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. This marks the second consecutive day that the court has raised concerns about the handling of the case.
The Mumbai police had registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR) over Disha Salian’s death. Advocate Sudeep Pasbola, representing Aaditya Thackeray, argued that the petitioner bypassed legal remedies by approaching the High Court directly without first filing a police complaint. The Public Prosecutor told the court that Salian’s father had made a statement on January 15, 2024, saying his daughter died by suicide due to financial depression and that the parents hold no complaints against anyone. Because the police mentioned his name, and there is no other connection to him in this case, his statement had also clarified that he only knows Aaditya Thackeray as a political figure.
The court raised critical questions regarding the police inquiry conducted under Section 174 of the CrPC (about unnatural deaths).
after conducting an inquiry, claimed that she died by suicide, her father Satish Salian filed a petition in the High Court last year, alleging his daughter was gang raped and murdered While the police.
The court then pointed out glaring inconsistencies regarding Salian’s clothes, saying that while the panchnama and post-mortem report stated that Salian’s body had no clothes, the photographs at the hospital and morgue showed the victim wearing clothes.
Pointing out the discrepancies in the investigation, the court questioned how a fall from the 14th floor could only break teeth. It also noted the missing bloodstains around her body and the patterns of injury.
“How did a fall from such a height not fracture the skull and only break the teeth?” the court questioned.
