Mumbai: Following news reports that a Bihar IPS officer probing Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death was ‘forcibly quarantined’ by civic authorities in Mumbai, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has come down heavily on the city administration.
“Whatever happened with him is not right. It is not political. The Bihar police is only just carrying out its duty,” he said and added that Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey will speak with the authorities there.
Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) justified the action, saying that the officer was quarantined as per the present guidelines for domestic arrivals at Mumbai airport.
“The administration got information of arrival of a Bihar police officer yesterday. Being a domestic air traveller, he needed to be guided for home quarantine as per the state government notification of May 25. A team guided him to apply for exemption in home quarantine period,” the BMC stated.