The Central Bureau of Investigation has named former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son, MLA Aaditya Thackeray, in the first information report filed in the death of Disha Salian, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, NDTV reported on Monday.
Raut said that the Mumbai Police had already investigated Disha Salian’s death and found no link between the case and Uddhav Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray.
Raut alleged that the fresh CBI probe was being used to target Aaditya Thackeray, who has been critical of the Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra.
In March 2025, the celebrity manager’s father, Satish Salian, had moved the High Court seeking a CBI probe into her death.
It also pulled up the police for continuing to treat the matter as an accidental death case and pointed to “glaring discrepancies” in the investigation.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has named former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son, MLA Aaditya Thackeray, in the first information report filed in the death of Disha Salian, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, NDTV reported on Monday.
Others named in the FIR include actors Rhea Chakraborty, Dino Morea and Sooraj Pancholi, ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, and suspended police officer Sachin Vaze, IANS reported.
None of the persons have been listed as an accused in the case so far. They need to be investigated, the CBI said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday registered an FIR in connection with the death of Disha Salian, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, following an order of the Bombay High Court pic.twitter.com/mucZ8tkFc8 — IANS (@ians_india) September 15, 2026
The FIR filed on Sunday alleged that Uddhav Thackeray, the chief minister at the time, and others had played “a significant role in the conspiracy and subsequent cover-up”, IANS reported.
“The concerned public servants and police officers are also liable to be investigated for destruction or suppression of case papers, files and other public records, fabrication of official records, and misuse of public funds, manpower and police machinery for unlawful purposes and for shielding the offenders,” the FIR said.
Further, the agency called for an investigation into the alleged “commission of the principal offences, criminal conspiracy, subsequent creation and propagation of the false suicide story and suppression, destruction and/or fabrication of evidence”.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday alleged that the CBI’s FIR was part of a “ political conspiracy ” to tarnish the image of the Thackeray family, The New Indian Express reported.
Raut said that the Mumbai Police had already investigated Disha Salian’s death and found no link between the case and Uddhav Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray. Raut alleged that the fresh CBI probe was being used to target Aaditya Thackeray, who has been critical of the Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra.
“The way the matter was taken to court, which gave an order [to hand over the case to CBI], is a conspiracy,” The New Indian Express quoted Raut as saying. “It has specifically said to conduct a CBI probe but do not name anyone. Yet names are being taken in the media.”
Salian death case
Disha Salian had allegedly died by suicide on June 8, 2020, in Mumbai. Six days later, Rajput was found dead at his residence.
The police had closed the case in 2021 and said that no evidence of foul play had been found. In March 2025, the celebrity manager’s father, Satish Salian, had moved the High Court seeking a CBI probe into her death.
Satish Salian claimed that his daughter had died under suspicious circumstances. In his petition, he alleged that she was gangraped and murdered. He also claimed that there had been a politically driven cover-up to shield “influential persons”.
He said he initially believed that the investigation was “genuine, but later found it to be a cover-up”.
On September 2, a division bench of the Bombay High Court directed the CBI to register an FIR based on a statement by Satish Salian.
The bench said the failure of the police to register an FIR for six years “ raises more questions than answers”, PTI reported.
It also pulled up the police for continuing to treat the matter as an accidental death case and pointed to “glaring discrepancies” in the investigation.
The court also said that no one should be treated as a suspect in the case unless the investigating officer finds enough material to reasonably suspect their involvement.
Edited by Sneha.
Clarifications and corrections: The story has been updated to reflect more clearly that the persons named in the FIR have not been listed as accused in the case.
