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Fresh CBI Probe Ordered into Disha Salian’s 2020 Death
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Background & Context
Disha Salian, 28, died after falling from the 12th floor of a residential building in Mumbai’s Malad area in June 2020. Her father, Satish Salian, has maintained that the death was neither accidental nor a suicide, alleging rape, murder and evidence tampering by senior police officers. Mumbai Police initially closed the case as a suicide; a Special Investigation Team (SIT) later affirmed that finding.
Timeline
- June 4 2020 – Disha asked her father to call a police helpline to confirm travel safety.
- June 8 2020 – She fell from the building and died.
- June 9 2020 – Satish learned of his daughter’s death during a police call.
- June 14 2020 – Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead, prompting speculation about a link.
- September 2 2022 – The Bombay High Court, hearing Satish’s petition, ordered the CBI to reopen the case, citing “glaring discrepancies” in the police investigation.
Data & Statistics
- Fall from the 12th floor.
- Satish issued a INR500-crore defamation notice to Aaditya Thackeray.
Official Statements & Responses
- Judges Sarang V Kotwal and Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale described the police inquiry as raising more questions than answers and directed the CBI to conduct a fresh investigation, without naming any accused.
- Mumbai Police and the SIT concluded the death was a suicide, finding no evidence of foul play.
- Aaditya Thackeray denied any connection to the case and said he had never met Disha.
- The CBI has registered an FIR following the High Court order and is probing the names mentioned by Satish, while adhering to the court’s instruction not to name any accused at this stage.
Conflicting Reports & Gaps
- Police/SIT Position: Death classified as suicide, no foul play identified.
- Family’s Position: Allegations of murder, rape and evidence tampering, claiming the police fabricated a suicide narrative.
- Judicial Observation: The High Court highlighted “glaring discrepancies,” prompting the CBI probe.
No individual has been formally accused, and the precise circumstances of the fall remain unresolved.
Verbatim Quotes
- “It now seems that we will get justice,” — Panna Singh, former Bihar minister
- “When Sushant died, we believed that it was a murder. We had gone to Mumbai, and from the time we came to know what had happened there, we had continuously been saying that Sushant was murdered and that Salian’s death was related to Sushant’s murder,” — Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu
What’s Next
The CBI’s FIR marks the first central-agency action since the case was closed by local authorities. The agency will interview witnesses, re-examine forensic evidence and follow leads provided by Satish Salian under the Bombay High Court’s oversight. No further court dates have been announced.