Sushant Case: CBI’s Closure Report and Narayan Rane’s Explosive Revelation After Five Years

Poonam Sharma

June 14, 2020 was a day that rattled the country. The abrupt and unexpected demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput was not only a loss to Bollywood, but it brewed an emotional hurricane throughout India. To millions, it never seemed like a straightforward suicide. And then came the twists, names, political undertones, and investigative duds — it all seemed like something out of a crime thriller.

Flash forward to 2025. After years of quiet, the case has been back in the news — not due to any official word, but due to one explosive assertion made by Union Minister Narayan Rane.

Narayan Rane has claimed that  Sushant Singh Rajput was killed , and not just that — the crime was filmed on a cell phone  by one of Sushant’s domestic staff, Dipesh Sawant. Rane claims that Sawant witnessed the alleged murder and filmed it on his phone.

This raises some very uncomfortable questions. Why has Dipesh Sawant never been properly interrogated? Why wasn’t such a video shown to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), or if it was shown, why hasn’t it been recognized? Rane’s comment comes as the media suddenly reports — once more, through anonymous “sources” — that the  CBI has filed a closure report in the Sushant case.

The same media that screamed conspiracy earlier — linking Rhea Chakraborty and Aaditya Thackeray to Sushant’s and his ex-manager Disha Salian’s death — is now apparently changing its tune overnight. Rhea Chakraborty, demonized by prime-time debates, is now being accorded a clean chit  — not formally by the CBI, but again, through “media sources.”

This suspicious shift in narrative — from outrage to silence — is something that has not gone unnoticed by Sushant’s fans and justice seekers. What changed in a day? And more importantly, what is being hidden?

It’s not entirely clear at this stage which of the investigations are being concluded. One case that has been concluded, according to reports, is the FIR that Rhea Chakraborty lodged against Sushant’s sisters and a doctor based in Delhi — accusing them of illegally prescribing drugs. But the complete details of the CBI closure report  have not been released yet.

There could be other connected cases that are being abandoned, but no one knows for sure until the report arrives in court and is questioned. What we do know is that **if the closure report is challenged by Sushant’s family or legal team, the case will most likely go to the Supreme Court. This is not the end — it might be the beginning of a new legal chapter.

For many of Sushant’s fans, the mere fact that a report has been filed — and that it will now be accessible to courts — is a small but positive step. For too long, the case felt abandoned, locked away like a forgotten file gathering dust. Now, the public might finally see what the CBI investigated for nearly five years.

But if the questions are not answered, or where key witnesses such as Dipesh Sawant were never interrogated, the fury could come back a hundred times. The truth, after all, is what millions are still awaiting.

The hashtag #JusticeForSushant continues to trend on social media. His sisters, fans, and activists have not lost hope. Sushant is viewed by many as something more than an actor — he became a representation of a system that stifles outsiders, of mental illness brushed under the carpet, of a shady nexus of money, power, and influence in India’s upper echelons.

Narayan Rane’s assertion, if true, can reopen the case as a whole. A video clip, if available, would turn the case on its head. But even if it is not available, the fact that this serious allegation has been leveled by a ruling Union Minister warrants serious concern and an independent investigation.

Because if one Sushant — young, full of dreams and potential — can be knocked off so easily and the case swept under the carpet, what does that say to the nation’s youth?

The closure report might provide legal finality, but justice is a profound, emotional journey. It requires answers, accountability, and most importantly — truth.

And until the truth is out, the battle for Sushant Singh Rajput will never be over.