Verifying if Rhea Chakraborty is brand ambassador of firm for whose event she wants to go abroad: CBI to HC
The CBI contends the Bombay HC has no jurisdiction to grant relief to her because the FIR was registered in Patna and the case was being investigated by the agency’s Delhi team.
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The CBI opposed Chakraborty's plea, contending that the Bombay High Court did not have the jurisdiction to grant relief to her. (Photo/Instagram/@rhea_chakraborty)The CBI informed the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that it was verifying if actor Rhea Chakraborty, who has sought suspension of a lookout circular issued for her, was the brand ambassador of a company for whose event she wants to travel abroad.
Chakraborty, through advocate Abhinav Chandrachud, has said she is the brand ambassador of a pet food manufacturer and has to travel to Dubai between December 27 and January 2. The CBI has issued the lookout circular in connection with a probe related to actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death in 2020.
Before a bench of Justices Ajey S Gadkari and Shyam C Chandak, the CBI’s advocate Shreeram Shirsat submitted that the actor was no longer the company’s brand ambassador and that the investigative agency had written to the firm to verify her claim and was awaiting its reply.
The CBI opposed Chakraborty’s plea, contending that the Bombay High Court did not have the jurisdiction to grant relief to her because the FIR in the case was registered in Patna and that the case was being investigated by the agency’s Delhi team.
The bench granted the agency time to verify the claim and allowed Chakraborty to approach the vacation bench on December 26 seeking relief.
Earlier this month, a special court directed the Narcotics Control Bureau to allow her to travel to Dubai for a week under conditions including that she surrender her passport on her return.
Chakraborty, who was arrested in September 2020 in connection with a drugs case filed by the CBI, was granted bail in October 2020. Among the conditions of her bail was that she seek permission from the court before travelling out of the country.
Chakraborty moved the high court seeking suspension of the lookout circular to enable her to travel abroad.
In June 2022, she was permitted to go to Abu Dhabi for a film award, but she chose not to go abroad stating that she was not aware that a lookout circular had been issued for her.
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