June 14, 2021, marks the first death anniversary of  Sushant Singh Rajput, a 34- year-old actor who was found dead at his Bandra home on this date, last year. 

The cause of his death remains unknown, even after a series of inquiries conducted by three federal agencies – Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)

Read on to know the timeline of events in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case:

June 2020

June 14, 2020 – Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Bandra residence. The Mumbai police were notified by a domestic helper, and a preliminary inquiry was launched. As news of the actor’s death made headlines, condolences begin to flood in for Sushant Singh Rajput.

June 15, 2020 – At Pawan Hans crematorium, Sushant Singh Rajput’s last rituals were conducted. Actor Kangana Ranaut refused to see SSR’s death as natural, as submitted by the initial report of the Mumbai police, dismissing the late actor as a “mentally weak” individual. 

OP Singh, Sushant’s brother-in-law, had demanded an investigation into the incident, alleging foul play.

June 16, 2020 – Nishikant Dubey, a BJP MP, claimed there was a “deep-rooted conspiracy” behind SSR’s death and sought a judicial investigation.

June 18, 2020 – Rhea Chakraborty, Sushant Singh Rajput’s former girlfriend, recorded her statement in the death case at the Bandra Police Station. Except for the one in which she greeted the late actor on his birthday, the actor had previously deleted all photos referencing SSR from her social media accounts.

June 19, 2020 – Nepotism and other accusations against the heavyweights of the Hindi movie industry — from filmmaker Karan Johar to actor Salman Khan to producer Ekta Kapoor and others – started trending on social media, spanning from favouritism to a drug-abusing culture. Protests have erupted in many sections of the country, purportedly seeking justice for SSR.

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June 22, 2020 – Chirag Paswan, the head of the Lok Janshakti Party, wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, demanding a proper investigation into the matter.

June 24, 2020 – The postmortem report for Rajput revealed that the actor’s corpse had “no struggle marks or exterior injuries.”

June 25, 2020 – Roopa Ganguly, a BJP MP, demanded a CBI investigation into the SSR case.

July 2020

July 4, 2020 – KK Singh, Sushant Singh Rajput’s father, demanded that the CBI investigate the case.

July 6, 2020 – The statement of renowned director Sanjay Leela Bhansali was recorded by Mumbai Police.

July 14, 2020 – Actor Rhea Chakraborty took to Instagram to express her feelings on the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. She stated, “You loved everything with an open heart, and now you’ve shown me that our love is indeed exponential.”

July 16, 2020 – Rhea Chakraborty asked Home Minister Amit Shah to order a CBI investigation into the suicide of late actor Rajput.

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July 18, 2020 – Aditya Chopra, the Chairman of Yash Raj Films, gave a statement to the Mumbai Police Department in the SSR death case.

July 24, 2020 – Sushant Singh Rajput’s final on-screen performance in Mukesh Chhabra’s “Dil Bechara” was released internationally on Disney-Hotstar.

July 29, 2020 – SSR’s father filed an FIR with the Rajiv Nagar police station in Patna, accusing six persons of assisting in the suicide of the actor.

July 29, 2020 – Rhea Chakraborty petitioned the Supreme Court, requesting that the probe be moved to Mumbai.

July 29, 2020 – The Bihar Police Force had arrived in Mumbai. The police of the two states engaged in an argument of jurisdiction.

July 30, 2020 – Bihar Police was instructed to provide the data of the SSR death case to the Enforcement Directorate.

August 2020

August 4, 2020 – SSR and his former manager Disha Salian, according to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane, were “murdered.” Aaditya Thackeray, a Maharashtra cabinet minister claimed that he is becoming a target in the case owing to “mucky politics.” The Bihar government recommended that the case be investigated by the CBI.

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August 5, 2020 – The Union Government agreed to a CBI investigation into the case.

August 6, 2020 – After Sushant Singh’s Rajput father had filed a complaint, the CBI filed an FIR against Rhea Chakraborty, her father Indrajit Chakraborty, mother Sandhya Chakraborty, brother Showik Chakraborty, Sushant’s household manager Samuel Miranda, Shruti Modi, and others. They were charged with abetment of suicide, criminal conspiracy, unlawful restraint/confinement, stealing, and criminal breach of trust, among other IPC provisions.

August 10, 2020 – Rhea Chakraborty filed a petition with the Supreme Court, stating that the media has declared her guilty and is unfairly conducting its own trial.

August 19, 2020 – The Supreme Court ordered a CBI investigation into the case. The inquiry was officially taken up by the CBI.

August 26, 2020 – Many A-listers in the film business might get locked up, claimed actor Kangana Ranaut, if the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) was to probe the matter.

August 26, 2020 – Based on an ED request, NCB filed a case against Rhea Chakraborty. The drug angle in the SSR death case came under investigation.

August 27, 2020 – SSR’s father, KK Singh, stated his belief that Rhea Chakraborty murdered his son.

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August 28, 2020 – Rhea Chakraborty testified in front of the CBI. The actress was interrogated for almost seven hours by the agency.

September 2020

September 4, 2020 – NCB arrested Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik and SSR’s household manager Samuel Miranda after which a Mumbai court sent them to judicial custody till Sept 9, 2020.

September 8, 2020 – After three days of rigorous interrogation, NCB arrested Rhea Chakraborty.

Sept 23, 2020 – Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, and Rakul Preet Singh were among the A-listers who had been summoned by the NCB.

October 2020

October 5, 2020 – In the late actor’s death case, the AIIMS Medical Board submitted their findings to the CBI, in which they dismissed murder and firmly said that the actor died by suicide.

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October 8, 2020 – Rhea Chakraborty was released from the Byculla prison, after four weeks, on bail.

November 2020

November 9, 2021 – While examining the narcotics component in the case, the NCB raided actor Arjun Rampal’s Bandra house.

February 2021

February 2, 2021 – According to the Narcotics Control Bureau, the charge sheet in the case had yet to be filed.

February 15, 2021 – The Bombay High Court dismissed Rhea Chakraborty’s lawsuit against SSR’s sister Meetu Singh, in which the actress claimed that the late actor’s sister obtained false medicines to help her brother deal with anxiety.

May 2021

May 28, 2021 – NCB arrested Sushant Singh Rajput’s flatmate Sidharth Pithani in a narcotics case connected to the actor’s death.

The charge sheet in the late actor’s death case had yet to be filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

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June 2021

June 10, 2021 – The Delhi High Court had refused to stop the distribution of a film based on Rajput’s life, stating that the facts surrounding his death were already publicly available and that “posthumous privacy rights were not admissible.”