There has been a notable update five years after the mysterious death of Disha Salian, the former manager of the late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. On Wednesday, her father, Satish Salian, filed a petition with the Bombay High Court requesting a fresh investigation. Alleging that his daughter was brutally tortured and murdered, followed by a politically motivated cover-up, Satish Salian is now seeking an FIR against Shiv Sena-UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray and a transfer of the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
This plea not only challenges the initial findings of the Mumbai Police but also raises questions about the potential link between Disha Salian's death and Sushant Singh Rajput's death just days later.
The petition accuses the Mumbai Police of tagging Disha Salian's death case as a suicide or accidental fall on "hot-haste manner", ignoring critical forensic evidence, eyewitness accounts, and circumstantial proof. Advocate Nilesh Ojha, representing the family, has confirmed that the petition is in the process of being formally filed and will soon be registered with the High Court.
Disha Salian allegedly fell from the 14th floor of a Malad apartment building on June 8, 2020, resulting in an Accidental Death Report by the Mumbai Police. Almost six days later, on June 14, 2020, Sushant Singh Rajput was discovered dead at his Bandra home, initially considered a suicide but subsequently transferred to the CBI. The proximity of these events has fuelled speculation about a deeper connection between the two cases. But in 2020 Disha's father told the police that he is "fully satisfied" with the investigation and and he did not suspect any foul play in the investigation.
In the recent complaint, Disha's father claimed that she was gang raped and brutally assaulted. In the petition he also claimed that Disha died after falling from a height but there was no any single bone fracture in her body. he also claim that there was no blood present at the place of her death.
It was also alleged that the autopsy report and photographic evidence was tampered under the political pressure to protect the main accused and the police officers who were included in this. It is also claimed that forensic evidence was destroyed and the CCTV footage was also tampered.
The petition also points out alleged pressure from political figures, including Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar, who is said to have urged Satish Salian not to implicate certain individuals. Advocate Ojha further claims that "fabricated evidence" was used to support the suicide narrative, while Satish Salian's affidavit details his psychological manipulation by associates of Aditya Thackeray and Rohan Rai, Disha's fiance. Her Father claimed that on June 8th Disha organised a party at her home which was attended by Aaditya Thackeray and actors like Sooraj Pancholi and Dino Morea. Satish Salian aims to shed light on the circumstances of his daughter's death and its potential link to Sushant Singh Rajput's untimely passing by reopening the case, as he requested, thereby rekindling public curiosity in these unresolved enigmas.