Twelve days after the Bombay high court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI ) to probe the death of celebrity manager Disha Salian , the central agency on Monday said it has registered the First Information Report (FIR) in the case to commence the probe.
New Allegations in Disha Salian Case: Gang-Rape and Murder Claims
Advocate Nilesh Ojha, representing the family of Disha Salian, announced on Friday that new information has emerged regarding the circumstances of her death. He claimed that in a recent statement, Salian detailed allegations of gang-rape and murder, asserting that there was a cover-up involving police officers. Ojha stated that this information would be incorporated into the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) FIR.
Disha Salian, 24, died after falling from a 12th-floor flat in Malad on June 9, 2020. Initially, the Malwani police registered her death as accidental, concluding it was a suicide without evidence of foul play. A Special Investigation Team established by the state government in December 2023 also found no indications of wrongdoing in her death.
Initially, Disha’s parents, Satish and his wife, expressed no suspicion of foul play. However, last year, Satish Salian sought an independent investigation, claiming that his daughter had been raped and murdered. This development comes shortly after the Bombay High Court ordered the CBI to take over the investigation into the case.
A CBI official, while confirming the development to HT today, said, “The FIR in the Disha Salian case has been registered as per the Bombay high court’s orders. The CBI registered the FIR after recording the statement of Disha’s father, Satish Salian, on Friday at its Mumbai office located at the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), as the first step in its investigation. The official declined to provide any further details about the FIR, including the accused and the sections invoked.
Acting on his petition, the high court on September 2 ordered a CBI probe in the case after finding that the ADR inquiry was inadequate and noticing certain discrepancies in the inquiry report.
