Mumbai Police Tells Bombay HC
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Mumbai Police advised the Bombay Excessive Court docket that Disha Salian died by suicide with no proof of sexual or bodily assault. Her father’s homicide and gangrape claims had been termed baseless by the police.
MUMBAI: At the moment, on July 3, the Mumbai Police has advised the Bombay Excessive Court docket that former celeb supervisor Disha Salian died by suicide, and no foul play was present in her demise. This assertion got here at the same time as her father, Satish Salian, once more claimed that his daughter was gangraped and murdered.
Disha Salian handed away on June 8, 2020, after falling from the 14th ground of a residential constructing within the Malad space of Mumbai. At the moment, the police had registered an Unintended Loss of life Report (ADR).
However her father has now moved the Excessive Court docket, asking for an in depth probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
He has additionally demanded that an FIR be registered towards Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aditya Thackeray, claiming there was a cover-up to save lots of highly effective individuals.
Satish Salian’s petition was heard on Wednesday by a bench led by Justice A.S. Gadkari, who posted the matter for additional listening to on July 16.
In response, the Malvani police station, which initially dealt with the investigation, filed an affidavit in courtroom. In accordance with the affidavit submitted by Senior Inspector Shailendra Nagarkar, the police discovered no proof of sexual or bodily assault on Disha Salian’s physique.
“I say that within the gentle of the circumstances and witness statements, the lifeless Disha Salian out of her personal volition jumped off the window of the flat and dedicated suicide.”
The affidavit additionally acknowledged that she was underneath extreme psychological stress due to points in her household and since her enterprise ventures weren’t figuring out. The postmortem report additionally supported the conclusion that she died by suicide.
“She was underneath large psychological stress as a result of a dispute together with her household and likewise as a result of her enterprise offers weren’t figuring out.”
Additional, the police stated Disha was drunk when the incident occurred. Her fiancé, who was current on the time, additionally didn’t suspect any foul play.
“She was drunk on the time of the incident, and even her fiancé, who was together with her on the time, had dominated out any flawed doings or suspicion.”
The police maintained that the allegations made by Satish Salian had been baseless.
“The report is conclusive in nature and mentions no indicators of sexual and/or bodily assault on the lifeless.”
They added that their closure report was primarily based on scientific proof and the postmortem findings. Later, even a Particular Investigation Group (SIT) was shaped to additional look into the matter, and its conclusions had been in keeping with the sooner police investigation.
“Nonetheless, additional investigation remains to be being carried out.”
In a contemporary utility submitted on Wednesday, Satish Salian argued that as quickly because the police get details about a doable crime, they need to register a First Data Report (FIR).
He stated the SIT was probing a severe case of rape and homicide with out even submitting an FIR, which isn’t authorized.
He additionally stated that the state authorities had did not observe the courtroom’s earlier path. In accordance with him, the affidavit was supposed to come back from the chief secretary of Maharashtra however was as an alternative filed by the police.
“There was wilful disobedience of the courtroom order as an affidavit was sought from the Maharashtra authorities’s chief secretary and never the police.”
In the meantime, MLA Aditya Thackeray has filed a separate utility within the case, asking the courtroom to permit him to current his facet earlier than passing any order. He acknowledged that the petition filed by Satish Salian was not real and had ulterior motives.
Thackeray acknowledged in his utility that the petition was:
“False, frivolous and motivated.”
Background of the Case
Disha Salian, a 28-year-old former celeb supervisor, died on June 8, 2020, after falling from the 14th ground of a residential constructing in Malad, Mumbai. On the time, Mumbai Police registered an Unintended Loss of life Report (ADR), suggesting she had taken her personal life.
Her demise gained vital public consideration, particularly as a result of its timing—simply days earlier than actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s demise, whom she had beforehand labored with briefly.
Speculations and conspiracy theories began circulating on-line, with claims linking her demise to high-profile people and alleging foul play. In March 2025, her father, Satish Salian, approached the Bombay Excessive Court docket demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into her demise.
He alleged that Disha was gangraped and murdered and accused sure influential figures, together with Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aditya Thackeray, of being a part of a political cover-up.
The Mumbai Police, in response, submitted affidavits asserting that their investigation and medical studies confirmed no proof of sexual assault or foul play.
They reiterated that Disha was underneath psychological stress as a result of household disputes {and professional} points and that her demise was a case of suicide.
Case Title:
Satish Salian v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
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