'It is not suicide, but murder': Mortuary staff about Sushant's death

Two years after the death of popular actor Sushant Singh Rajput, someone present in the mortuary—when his body was brought in for the post-mortem—has come forward to say that it was not suicide, as had been noted in the official cause of death, rather it was murder.

In a recent interview, mortuary worker Roopkumar Shah, who was present during the post-mortem of Sushant's body,  said that it 'should have been videoed'. As per the report, he claimed that there were marks of 'beatings' and 'injuries' on the actor's body.

Sushant was found dead in his home on June 14, 2020. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continues to investigate his death, even though the cause had officially  been declared as suicide.

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Speaking to TV9 Marathi, Roopkumar said, "After Sushant's death, five bodies were brought for post-mortem. We were told that there is a VIP body in it, but it was not known earlier. When I saw Sushant's body, I told the seniors that I think it is not suicide but murder. That's why we should work in the same way. But I was told that you do your work and I will do mine. My job was to cut and sew the body, which I did. That entire post-mortem should have been videographed, but sir said he wanted to work on the photographs and hand over the body as soon as possible. That's how we did the post-mortem at night."

"When the clothes were removed, there were beating marks on the body. There were injury marks at two or three places on the neck. It seemed as if the hands and legs were broken due to beating… There were deep injury marks on the body. The video shoot was to happen, but whether it happened or not… Seniors were also asked to work on the photos only. So we worked on it," added Roopkumar.

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In response to the interview, Sushant's lawyer told the Times of India, "I will not be able to comment on the same as the sisters have not told me about it. But I maintain that Sushant Singh Rajput's death was not a simple suicide as there was conspiracy behind it. And only CBI will be able to unravel the conspiracy behind his death."

Sushant made his Bollywood debut with "Kai Po Che" in 2013. He went on to feature in many films such as "PK", "Detective Byomkesh Bakshy", "M S Dhoni - The Untold Story", "Kedarnath", among others.