Approach HC, Supreme Court tells petitioner seeking CBI probe in Disha Salian death

Salian, 28, died on June 8, allegedly after falling off the 14th floor of a residential building in Mumbai.

Six days later, 34-year-old Rajput was found hanging in his home in the city.

The bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramaian, said the Bombay High Court was better acquainted with the facts of the matter.

It added that the petitioner could approach the Supreme Court again if not satisfied with the High Court’s order.

The counsel for petitioner Puneet Kaur Dhanda then withdrew the plea.

The petition filed by Dhanda had said that Rajput and Salian had died under “suspicious circumstances” and at the “peak of their successful professional career…”.

The petition also urged the top court to seek records from the Mumbai Police on the status of the probe into Salian’s death.