The Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) in a statement on Thursday said, “CBI is conducting a probe
related to death of Sushant Singh Rajput in a systematic and professional way.
Media reports attributed to CBI probe are speculative and not based on facts.
It reiterated that as a matter of policy, CBI doesn’t share details of ongoing
probe,” tweeted news agency ANI.

“CBI spokesperson or any team member has not shared any details of investigation with media. The details being reported and attributed to CBI are not credible,” it said.

Earlier in the day, the Bombay High
Court asked the media to exercise restraint while reporting on the
investigation. The HC said that it expects media organisations to ensure that
they do not hamper the investigation in the case of actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.

A division bench of
Justices AA Sayed and SP Tavade said the media should exercise restraint and
report in such a manner that it does not hamper the investigation.

The court was
hearing two petitions which claimed a “media trial” was going on in
the case of Rajput’s death and sought for it to be stopped. One of the
petitions was filed by eight former IPS officers against the “unfair,
malicious and false media campaign” against Mumbai Police.

The petitioners
include former director generals of police M N Singh, P S Pasricha, K
Subramanyam, D Sivanandan, Sanjeev Dayal and Satish Mathur, former additional
DGP K P Raghuvanshi and former Mumbai police commissioner D N Jadhav.

The other petition
was filed by filmmaker Nilesh Navlakha and two others who claim to be social
activists, seeking direction to media organisations not to sensationalise
reportage in the case.

“We urge and
expect the media to exercise restraint before publishing or reporting on
details of the investigation, and report in such a manner that it does not
hamper the investigation,” the court said.

The bench said
before hearing the matter further, it would like to first see what the Union
government and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the
case, have to say in response to the pleas.

The high court
posted the petitions for further hearing on September 10.

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Sushant Rajput died by suicide in his apartment in suburban Bandra on June 14 following which
the Mumbai Police registered an Accidental Death Report and recorded
statements of over 50 people, including some of his family members and
Bollywood personalities.

The late actor’s
father on July 25 lodged a complaint with Patna Police, accusing Rajput’s
girlfriend and actress Rhea Chakraborty and her family members of abetting his
suicide and misappropriating his money.