The Centre has reportedly informed the Supreme Court that the Bihar government's

recommendation for a CBI probe into death case of late Bollywood actor Sushant

Singh Rajput has been accepted.
This announcement comes in just a day after the Bihar Chief Minister sent the Centre
the request on receiving the consent of the actor’s father KK Singh. The CBI, which
falls under the Union Home Ministry, will now take over the probe.

In an update on ANI, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Wednesday stated before the
Supreme Court that the Centre has accepted the Bihar government’s recommendation
for a CBI inquiry. This development also comes on the day that the apex court is
hearing Rhea Chakraborty's petition seeking direction for a transfer of the
investigation from Patna to Mumbai.

The apex court has also said that the "truth should come out so far as actor's death is
concerned," news agency PTI reported.

According to reports, the lawyer representing Sushant Singh Rajput's father has
claimed in the Supreme Court that the "Maharashtra Police is destroying evidence in
the case."

Earlier, Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer had said that the Bihar government cannot transfer
the case related to the death of the actor to the CBI as it does not have jurisdiction in
the matter.

"There cannot be a transfer of the case as there is no legal basis for Bihar to get
involved. At most, Bihar Police can register a Zero FIR and transfer it to the Mumbai
Police. The transfer of a case on which they had no jurisdiction to the CBI has no legal
sanctity," advocate Satish Maneshinde, lawyer of Rhea, told media persons.
He had said that the petition filed by Chakraborty in the Supreme Court claiming that
the Bihar Police had no jurisdiction to investigate the case will continue.

Rajput, aged 34, was found hanging from the ceiling of his apartment in suburban
Bandra in Mumbai on June 14 and since then the Mumbai police has been probing the
case keeping in mind various angles.

Meanwhile, a bench of Bombay High Court  heard a public interest litigation (PIL)
seeking transfer of Sushant Singh Rajput's death case to the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) today.

However, the Court has reportedly adjourned the hearing till August 7, after
Maharashtra government informed it that it hasn't received a copy of the PIL. The
court directed the petitioner to give a copy of PIL to the state govt.