Nearly five years after Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, his family’s lawyer accused the CBI of filing an incomplete closure report and withholding crucial evidence. The family says they cannot challenge the report until all missing documents are shared.
Nearly five years after actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is again under public and family scrutiny. The late actor’s family has criticised the CBI’s closure report, calling it “incomplete and inconclusive” and accusing the agency of withholding important documents.
According to the family’s lawyer, Advocate Varun Singh, the CBI did not share all the papers and annexures that go along with the report, even though there have been multiple court orders asking them to do so. He claimed that this delay has made it difficult for the family to challenge the report legally.
The CBI had filed its closure report in March 2025, nearly five years after Sushant’s death, clearing Rhea Chakraborty and others who were named in the FIR.
The report said that there was no proof to suggest that Rajput was confined, threatened, or was a victim of any crime.
However, as Advocate Varun Singh told the media, the report is still “deficient” because “several critical annexures and relied-upon materials have not been shared — despite six court orders from the Patna court directing the CBI to furnish them.”
He further said,
“We do intend to move the court, but the major hurdle right now is that we have not been provided with the complete set of documents accompanying the closure report. Without access to the full report and annexures, it is impossible for us to file a protest petition.”
The lawyer explained that under Indian law, a protest petition is a legal right of the complainant to oppose a closure report. He added that even a magistrate has the power to take up the matter again if inconsistencies are found.
He stated,
“But for that, both the complainant and the magistrate must have access to the annexed documents. At present, neither can act because those records are missing, even though more than seven months have passed since the CBI filed its report.”
According to Singh, the language used by the CBI itself shows that the findings were not final.
He said,
“The report states that ‘the possibility of suicide cannot be ruled out.’ That means the conclusion is uncertain. If the agency could not conclusively determine whether it was suicide, abetment to suicide, or homicide, should the case be closed at all? It was the CBI’s duty to establish the truth conclusively.”
He also raised questions about the financial angle of the case, saying that money transfers in favour of the accused were mentioned in the report but not properly investigated.
Singh said,
“Such transactions should have been examined for cheating, criminal breach of trust, or evidence of control over the victim. Any of these could have justified further investigation instead of premature closure.”
The family’s lawyer also expressed concern about the forensic and digital evidence that was reportedly examined abroad but never revealed.
He asked,
“What is the report they received from America on digital evidence? Why is the CBI silent?”
He suggested that key materials might have been omitted from the case file submitted to court.
Singh stressed that the absence of important documents — whether they were relied upon or not — raises serious doubts about the transparency of the investigation.
He stated,
“Once access is granted to all the documents, we can establish that the closure report was not filed in a proper manner.”
Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Bandra residence on June 14, 2020, a case that led to national outrage and public pressure.
The huge outcry eventually resulted in the case being handed over to the CBI. The family had filed the FIR in 2020 itself, but the agency took nearly five years to complete the probe and submit its closure report.
Singh said,
“There was no urgency to close the case, yet it appears to have been done in a haphazard manner. If the CBI believed the matter was ready for closure, they should have submitted the report along with all relevant records. Filing an incomplete report after five years raises serious questions about the manner in which the investigation was concluded.”
The family has said that they will challenge the closure report in court once they get all the missing records.
Singh mentioned,
“We have sought the documents again and again. Unless they are provided, we won’t know on what basis the closure was filed.”
He also pointed out that even the magistrate cannot act without having those documents for review.
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When asked whether there was any political pressure in the case, Singh said he couldn’t confirm that but added,
“The inconsistencies in the process are evident.”
With this, the CBI’s closure report — filed after almost five years — has reopened debates over how the investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death was handled.
The family continues to believe that his death was not straightforward and demands that the case be reviewed in full once the agency releases all supporting materials.
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