Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case has been under investigation for over four months now. Country’s top three agencies — Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI), Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) and Enforcement Directorate(ED)– have been probing the case from different angles.
While everything these agencies probe, many private information related to the death of young actor have been surfacing on the internet. In such situation, it is obvious to raise questions on the privacy that these agency pledge to serve.
However, all three agencies have denied leaking any information related to the case. Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh informed the Bombay High Court that the agencies did not reveal anything at any given point of time. The high court was hearing a public interest litigations filed against media trial in reporting Bollywood actor Sushant Singh’s death.
The petition, filed by a group of retired police officers, raised concern on the sensitive information being broadcasted on media channels.
The petitioners questioned the autheticity and source of the information asking whether the investigating agency provided them with the detials of the case. The agencies, declining the claims, in their affadavits, said that they are aware of their responsibilites.
“We know our responsibilities and there is no question of leaking information by any of the agencies,” the ASG added.
The HC is hearing arguments on whether a statutory mechanism is required to control the TV news content.
The Union government, National Broadcasting Standards Authority, and the news channels which are involved in the case told the HC that the electronic media has their own regulatory board and any further control would be unnecessary.
“The media was neutral then (in the past). It is now highly polarised….This is not a question of regulation, this is a question of checks and balances. People forget where to draw lines. Do it within lines,” the judges hearing the case said.
