Updated On: 16 August, 2020 09:53 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI

Devendra Fadnavis
Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said it was a "public sentiment" that the probe in
actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death be conducted by the CBI even though he believes in capability of the Maharashtra Police. Governments of Maharashtra and Bihar have locked horns over the jurisdiction to investigate the Rajput case.
The Bihar government had recommended a CBI probe, days after Patna police registered an FIR against the late actor's Mumbai-based girlfriend and actress Rhea Chakraborty on the charge of abetment of suicide.
Rajput, 34, was found hanging in his apartment in Bandra in Mumbai on June 14 this year. "I have worked with the Maharashtra Police for the last five years, so I know their capabilities. However, sometimes, police function under political pressure which should not happen," the former chief minister told reporters when asked whether he believes in the Maharashtra police.