Dynamite News Sushant Singh Rajput Case: No details of ongoing investigation shared, says CBI on media reports
Earlier, several media outlets had run stories claiming the arrest of few accused could be carried out by the investigation agency. Full Story..
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting investigations in the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in a professional manner and media reports attributed to it are "speculative and not based on facts", the investigation agency said.
The CBI said that as a matter of policy, "It does not share details of an ongoing investigation" and further refuted that any team member or spokesperson has shared the details of its probe to the media.
"The details being reported and attributed to CBI are not credible. It is requested that media may please confirm details from CBI spokesperson before quoting CBI," the investigation agency said in a statement on Thursday.
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