Sushant Singh case: Bihar officer in Mumbai ‘forcibly quarantined’, Nitish Kumar says ‘not right’
The BMC rejected the allegation and claimed he was quarantined as per the present guidelines for domestic arrivals at the Mumbai airport.

Bihar Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey said that Indian Police Service officer Vinay Tiwari, who was sent to Mumbai to investigate into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has been “forcibly quarantined” by the city’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials. Rajput was found dead in his apartment in Mumbai on June 14, in what the police said was a case of suicide.
“He [Tiwari] was not provided accommodation in the IPS Mess despite request and was staying in a guest house in Goregaon,” he added, on Twitter.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the state district general of police will speak to the authorities in Maharashtra about the alleged mistreatment of Tiwari, ANI reported. “Whatever happened with him [Tiwari] is not right,” he said. “This is not [a] political [issue]. Bihar Police is carrying out its duty.”
However, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation rejected the allegation and claimed Tiwari was quarantined as per the present guidelines for domestic arrivals at the Mumbai Airport.
#WATCH Bihar DGP will speak with the authorities there. Whatever happened with him (Binay Tiwari) is not right. It is not political. Bihar Police is carrying out its duty:CM Nitish Kumar on Patna Superintendent of Police Binay Tiwari quarantined in #Mumbai#SushantSinghRajputCase pic.twitter.com/o65IpI8EyF
— ANI (@ANI) August 3, 2020
Bihar’s director general of police also said that the Mumbai Police has not shared postmortem, forensic reports, photographs and videos of the scene of the incident to them yet, according to The Indian Express. “The IPS officer will coordinate with senior officers of Mumbai Police,” he added. “We are looking to gather maximum evidence and meet people connected with the actor.”
Pandey said the four-member police team, now supervised by Tiwari, will stay in Mumbai till further instructions.
The Bihar Police launched an investigation after Rajput’s father Krishna Kumar Singh lodged an first information report against actor Rhea Chakraborty and her relatives on July 25. Singh alleged that there were financial irregularities and accused them of cheating and abetment of suicide.
IPS officer Binay Tiwari reached Mumbai today from patna on official duty to lead the police team there but he has been forcibly quarantined by BMC officials at 11pm today.He was not provided accommodation in the IPSMess despite request and was staying in a guest house in Goregaw pic.twitter.com/JUPFRpqiGE
— IPS Gupteshwar Pandey (@ips_gupteshwar) August 2, 2020
ये हैं बिहार cadre के IPS अधिकारी विनय तिवारी जिनको मुंबई में आज रात में 11 बजे रात में ज़बरदस्ती क्वोरंटीन कर दिया गया.SSR केस में जाँच करनेवाली टीम का नेतृत्व करने गए थे.अब ये यहाँ से कहीं निकल नहीं सकते!@IPSVinayTiwari pic.twitter.com/6Le4AXjuJ8
— IPS Gupteshwar Pandey (@ips_gupteshwar) August 2, 2020
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh criticised calls for a Central Bureau of Investigation into the case. “Mumbai Police already began investigating allegations about Sushant Singh Rajput’s unfortunate alleged suicide,” he tweeted. “Even if Bihar Police registered an offence in Patna, under Chapter 12 and 13 of the CrPC it has to be investigated, inquired, tried by police and courts within whose jurisdiction the offence is committed. I condemn the demand for the case to be handed to CBI.”
Deshmukh added that the case is being politicised for political gains. “Maharashtra Police is inquiring into the case professionally and are competent in digging out the truth, leaving no stone unturned,” he said.
Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav, along with leaders from the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party have insisted on a CBI probe.
...the offence is committed. I condemn the demand for the @itsSSR case to be handed to #CBI.
— ANIL DESHMUKH (@AnilDeshmukhNCP) August 2, 2020
The case is now being politcised for political gains. #MaharashtraPolice is inquiring into the case professionally & are competent in digging out the truth, leaving no stone unturned!
Chakraborty has filed a plea in the Supreme Court to transfer the case against her from Patna to Mumbai, which will be heard on August 5. In her plea, Chakraborty said she was in a live-in relationship with Rajput and that it was erroneous for the investigation to have commenced in Patna, since the cause of action did not arise there, but in Mumbai. She also claimed that Rajput’s father has used his “influence” in getting a first information report filed against her in Patna.
Both the Maharashtra and Bihar governments have filed caveats in the top court seeking to be heard before any order is passed on Chakraborty’s plea. Rajput’s father has also filed a caveat in the matter.