CBI names Uddhav, Aaditya Thackeray in Sushant Singh Rajput’s former manager death case

The Central Bureau of Investigation has named former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son, MLA Aaditya Thackeray, in the first information report filed in the death of Disha Salian, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, NDTV reported on Monday.

Others named in the FIR include actors Dino Morea, Rhea Chakraborty and Sooraj Pancholi, ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, and suspended police officer Sachin Vaze, IANS reported.

Disha Salian had allegedly died by suicide on June 8, 2020, in Mumbai. Six days later, Rajput was found dead at his residence.

The police had closed the case in 2021 and said that no evidence of foul play had been found. In March 2025, the celebrity manager’s father, Satish Salian, had moved the High Court seeking a CBI probe into her death.

Satish Salian claimed that his daughter had died under suspicious circumstances. In his petition, he alleged that she was gangraped and murdered. He also claimed that there had been a politically driven cover-up to shield “influential persons”.

He said he initially believed that the investigation was “genuine, but later found it to be a cover-up”.

On September 2, a division bench of the Bombay High Court directed the CBI to register an FIR based on a statement by Satish Salian.

The bench said the failure of the police to register...

Read more