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Indians find the perfect villain in Rhea Chakraborty. It says more about India than her

Since the FIR against Chakraborty, it is as if the entire country has collectively turned into a giant investigating agency-cum-court.

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Take a quick look at what has occupied prime time news on TV and the headlines this past fortnight, and one name stands out: Rhea Chakraborty. Ever since late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s family lodged an FIR against his rumoured partner on 25 July, accusing her of abetting his suicide, Chakraborty’s every move has made headlines.

We know how many times she spoke to Rajput and his personal staff on the phone; we know every emoji she used in her posts about Rajput on Instagram; we have decided we know what her choice of lawyer says about her; we will soon know what she ate for breakfast and, based on our extensive WhatsApp information, will have an analysis ready as to whether that is food an innocent person would eat.

This one woman has, perhaps unwittingly, stripped much of India of its last vestige of common sense as we descend into brainless, misogynistic chatter about kaala jaadu and tez Bengali girls who ruin men. So, for showing up India for what it really is, Rhea Chakraborty is ThePrint’s Newsmaker of the Week.


Also read: Centre seeks to be part of Rhea Chakraborty’s plea, moves Supreme Court


Everybody is an expert

Less than two months ago, when news broke of Rajput’s death by suicide, Indians overnight turned into mental health experts. A few days later, when people started talking about how he had been a victim of Bollywood’s nepotism and how his career had suffered due to the film industry’s cliquish nature, we became experts on the inner workings of an industry that most of us have no access to. But all of this pales in comparison to what is happening now.

In Rhea Chakraborty, India has found the perfect villain to focus all its energies on, so that real issues of mental health, toxic workplaces and unfair systems can, once again, be ignored until the next incident and the next villain comes along to occupy the nation’s mindspace.

Since the FIR against Chakraborty, it is as if the entire country has collectively turned into a giant investigating agency-cum-court, with, of course, a strong dose of regionalism and sexism thrown in for good measure.

Despite so much going on in the country – a growing Covid crisis, floods in Assam and Bihar and, now, Mumbai, the India-China standoff and the continued incarceration of student activists, to name a few – the national obsession with Rhea Chakraborty has put paid to any real conversation about anything else.


Also read: CBI takes over Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case, re-registers FIR against Rhea Chakraborty


The suicide that has set off a political tug-of-war

Rajput’s father, in his FIR, has accused the actor and VJ of financially cheating his son, mentally harassing him and driving him to suicide. While the case was initially being handled by the Mumbai Police, now it has become a tug-of-war between them and the Patna Police, who pushed for a CBI probe, alleging that Mumbai’s cops were working to shield someone influential. The case has become a political tussle now, with leaders from every political party weighing in on the investigation and even the Centre getting involved, while the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned Chakraborty Friday over allegations of money laundering.

After Sushant Singh Rajput died, Chakraborty maintained silence on social media for an entire month, before breaking it not only to express what Sushant meant to her, but also to slam trolls who threatened her with rape, and called her a gold-digger and murderer. She herself then took to social media to request Home Minister Amit Shah for a CBI probe into Rajput’s death, an investigation that her lawyer now says is against the idea of federalism.


Also read: Aatma, autopsy, jadu—After Ayodhya, TV news went right back to magnificent Sushant obsession


Public trial and the problem of 24-hour news

But even before the CBI and ED, plus two police forces working overtime to prove they are working, have finished their job, Rhea has been pronounced guilty, not just by the public, but also by a completely irresponsible media that has not only used deeply tasteless (and senseless) language about clinical depression but also gone hammer and tongs at documenting Chakraborty’s every action.

It just goes to show the problem with 24-hour news, which is that journalists need something to fill up the hours with, and they don’t care even if it means writing crass headlines like ‘The Noose Tightens’ or conducting dummy post-mortems.

And in all the noise about this one high-profile case, we have forgotten not only basic decency but also the fact that there are many people, across professions, who don’t get work at all, leave alone work of their choice, whose careers suffer due to nepotism and cliquishness. And none of them will get the kind of intense public and media scrutiny that Sushant Singh Rajput’s case has got. They won’t get a CBI probe and the police departments of two cities working to ensure they get justice, even if posthumous. They will simply fall by the wayside.

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236 COMMENTS

  1. Print, thank you so much. Toxicity is contagious. The level of toxicity in Indian media, which is in turn taken by the general public is very very high. Nobody is letting the organisations do their job. Dirty Politics has gotten involved. Surprised to see even an educated person behave like an illiterate. Everybodys questioning why rhea left him the last 4 days. Nobodys questioning why his elder sister left him? Now shes crying and whimpering. Bitter but truth is if rhea is to blamed, his family is to be blamed too. It is plain suicide. We as a society has failed him

    • Oh, now I understood what justice is. It is ignoring all the contradictions, evidences and blindly rely on a woman who has not answered any question, Who asks for CBI and then oppose CBI.

      Please enlighten when will be the public justified in calling out a woman, I mean what evidences, facts etc. should come out when the current public outrage will be justified in your eyes as well as the author’s.

      • you will understand only if you are accused of any such charges. Think from her perspective. Its possible that she is not that guilty as we are making her. Just becauuse she was a girlfriend of a celebrity she is being mishandled by media and general public. Nothing is proved yet

    • The facts are out…… And many of them do not involve Rhea Chakraborty…… People are not only accusing her but a number of people including the son of the chief minister of Maharashtra
      …… Plus feminism does not mean not standing up for the other gender ……. When we did not have proof against Rhea Chakraborty ,many people supported her ….. And the truth is the family knows more than we do….. So you cannot comment on whether it was a suicide or not………And the Kala jaadu in today’s time involves the use of drugs for your kind information(its a crime)……. Plus if she was innocent how and why did she talk to the Bandra DCP…..of you know a little about law and protocol you would know that you cannot at any cost talk to the DCP if you are a prime suspect…. And that includes everyone who maintained contact with him around that time(including his sister)….And his sister has also received a ton of backlash if you weren’t aware….. And if you know anything about WhatsApp and text you would know it’s very easy to manipulate information
      Sometimes in the name of feminism people really forget what feminism is
      PS: It is a clear cut murder….. Before any media sensationalizing,it was the public who was speaking out…. The simplest evidence being the height of Sushant sir being manipulated….. Please before commenting anything get your facts checked…… Also it’s because of people like you that justice is not served … Because for you the case is closed before it has started …. If we stand up for justice we are toxic …. Where in the world is it written that a women cannot be wrong??? Have you had a look at the Sheena Bora murder case??
      It is because of people like you that real feminists have to face a ton of shit each day
      …. If we stand up for a woman, bravo! And if for a man in which a woman is being accused the toxic….. Where is this stated

  2. The articles released by this website are all in poor taste. Toxic feminism where not called for is responsible for true victims of patriarchy not getting justice. It’s the reason women aren’t taken seriously when they are speaking out rightly. As a self-respecting independent woman myself I feel ashamed of such posts on behalf of my gender.
    It’s true that media should be professional and put out facts and not judgements. They shouldn’t use offensive words. Public is knowledgeable to form their own opinions. This site however doesn’t adhere to any norms either.
    Please put out sensible articles which are well researched rather than abusive articles to a community or a country with the airs of being above everyone.
    Last time I checked Feminism didn’t involve calling out a female suspected of a crime.
    As for the message about donations, I for one won’t consider donating to this site which demeans Indians.

    • Well said. My thoughts exactly. who are these writers who do not understand the basic pulse of the common sense. When a murder happens, be it anyone, we need to accept the reality and move on. Looks like it’s a paid up atricle written to support the girlfriend. Even when there are so many evidences, how can the reporter not perceive the basic underlining factor….one more article of him being Sharavan kumar is distasteful too..

  3. Thank you for writing this. I was wondering if there isn’t a single sensible news outlet in this country that would callout the blatant witch-hunting and sexist rage that’s been unleashed on Rhea. I don’t know if she is guilty or not. But I do know she too deserves a fair trial in court – mark my words here..’in court’ – and NOT at the hands of Media or all-knowing public. Until then, let’s please try to extend the basic civil behaviour to Rhea that every human being deserves.

  4. Awesome article..but many so called school going people will give expert advice and will abuse .. infact they will reply me in dirty language..par isse unki aukat pata chalti hai.. abhi tak investigation pura hua bhi nahi aur so called SSR k fans ne logoko Ded month tak torture kiya..aur ab Rhea ko villian bana diya..ek bar un logoko SSR ki family bhi kitni selfish hai dikhta nahi..SSR me wrong decision liya suicide ka..aaj agar wo zinda hota to zarur Rhea se shadi karta

  5. This article is such a sham. One word comes to mind – awwww’ ?
    Stop portraying this woman as abla naari.
    I am sure she knew what she was doing, she isn’t a naive little girl (anyone who wants to know how witchy she can be – watch her on mtv teen diva, she was so cunning at 15). She may not be involved directly but she’s not completely innocent either. Actions have consequences. Just to point out, you are doing exactly what your article is trying to highlight and btw it’s failing immensely.
    Who made you the judge?!?

    • And who made you and all Sushant chamche one. Abusing in a vile manner everyone without any proof. Even if all tests say it is suicide and even doctors said that fellow had bipolar disorder and so extreme depression that he even could not take depression pills. A simple case of suicide by depression. Call it murder when tests show so, if ever.

  6. Shame on the writer, with your superiority dumbness, your are too small to talk about India. Anyways you got your money via cliks for your absurd article, feed yourself for your next stupidity.

  7. The writer should work from home for a longggg time. Perhaps she should give up this job and become Rhea’s secretary.

    What a shitty article! Wasted 10 mins.

  8. Don’t put your irrational, almost stupid feminist view everywhere. One look at the bills footed by Sushant for her and her family should be enough for you to know what your tribe is capable of doing. This is not an example of misogynistic view of the country, the forgetting of the alleged rape of a 16 year old girl allegedly by “members of a particular community” in a single day is. This is why feminism doesn’t hold any water. Outrage where it’s due is justified. Feminism everywhere is not.

  9. Don’t put your irrational, almost stupid feminist view everywhere. One look at the bills footed by Sushant for her and her family should be enough for you to know what your tribe is capable of doing. This is not an example of misogynistic view of the country, the forgetting of the alleged rape of a 16 year old girl allegedly by “members of a particular community” in a single day is. This is why feminism doesn’t hold any water. Outrage where it’s due is justified. Feminism everywhere is not.

  10. Toxic Bihari families!!!??? When you point to a family you beat the purpose because those families also have women in them. Hence the mere heading itself is misogyny!
    Im not a Bihari and am a woman like you, but I am not dumb enough to bring racism into the problem of misogyny. Having lived in a few continents, is enough to validate Misogyny as a global problem where India plays a part. To perceive it as a problem of Bihar is either a desperate attempt to generate traffic through controversy or just misogyny itself.
    This article is therefore divisive, racist and hidden misogyny without even discussing the people highlighted.

  11. Media in this country be it electronic or ‘print’ is biased. So instead of blaming the other balance each other out. The Print cannot complain about being biased considering where the loyalties lie.

  12. Beside the writer is trying to show mirror to all Indians in this article; I fail to understand the conclusion he is putting here. Does he want to say that the one case where public is waking up to injustice, should also have been quashed like of others?
    And future should continue like this …. ? May be my perception is faulty here.
    Changes come to common man through the leaders/celebrities is what life has taught us all.

    Sushant Singh Rajput is a face to many like him, and speculation of general public is better than paid journalism.

  13. Our country will take at least 25 years to get to this paradigm of thinking. Most people can’t even fully grasp what the article is trying to say and people are simply furious for not calling out the “criminals” declared by the public and the media. This is another example of black or white thinking, the only kind of thinking that most people in our country understand (see the comment section itself). For example, instead of blaming Rhea, if you simply say it has not been proven yet what her role in this case exactly was, and why not wait and watch instead of creating narratives, then you’d be called a PR or some other paid person(even you are from Salman Khan’s team, which is hilarious btw). Unless you really know if the person is actually guilty then why is there so much rage and abuses? This kind of mindset is so dangerous because it can happen to anyone. What if tomorrow you’d falsely get accused of rape? The entire social media will declare you a rapist before being proven of your innocence, take Rishi Singh case, for example, a 12th class child who was falsely declared a “rapist” by social media overnight resulting in his suicide. Whatever narrative is most convenient at a given point in time you’d simply believe that with 0% doubt. Sure, there are pieces of evidence to support a narrative, but unless it’s proven, why not wait?
    Take Sarabhjit’s case, for instance. Before his acquittal, the entire country called him a rapist, as a result, he lost his job and 5 years of his life(imagine the emotional distress he went through thanks to people’s judgment). Media and public trials are damn easy because you just need the internet and a keyboard and no need to give a rat’s ass about the person you’re commenting about and it’s consequences. You can never be a skeptic in this country because if you don’t pick a side or call out someone a “criminal” declared by the masses, then by default you belong to the other side and a “protector”.

    • Are you serious? I mean people like you exist in India? Such a sensible comment. I get fraustrated and sad seeing this stupid attitude from most people. And when I tell them this I am ridiculed. Thank you for your comments, made me feel that I am not alone..

    • That sounded the most reasonable of all comments. The catch however is we cannot outrightly demean the public hue and cry which became the reason for central agencies to step in. It’s more than crystal clear now the Mumbai police had not been working upto it’s name. If there had not been any public outrage for the same, this case would have been cold shouldered long ago.

  14. Insane, absurd and stupid news… Disappointed with this idiotic narration. May be report is completely clueless and biased on this particular article i.e. patriarchy, which is not relevant to this case or media trial…. Use some common sense while writing. Means how you could bring feminism here.
    I don’t watch tv nor read much of news since April 20 (nor any of whatsapp group posted anything on this matter) meaning not bugged with media or rumours. Still i can feel something is wrong. And you are writting an article that only media is creating fuss…
    While writing practice some unbiased thinking ask questions 1st to yourself…. Dont just write whatever comes to your mind; it happens that we get involved in some other thoughts but don’t write it as article, give a next level. Thought or question yourself.
    Get well soon…

    • It’s is based on the people who judges everyone on the level of their negativity. It’s truly written here that how people just want some one to be blamed for his death.. i am seeing this from past 2 months and it’s getting g worst with time.
      Nepotism:-he got big projects so you can’t blame big directors here
      Then Rhea:/ if she did something to him then also, his family was aware they should be equally blamed for his death.
      They can do message to some police for complaint but can’t go and register it how normal people would do it.
      They say he was not talking to him but still we can see that her sister shared messages which was with him. The. How on earth he was talking to them.
      And yes this is true indian society where you own son will be a chota innocent bacha to whom any body can do anything because ya he is innocent and he can’t do any thing

  15. I think this article is in support of her or published for her… Let faith decide who is culprit and not. Who is playing hide and seek here?

  16. Very valid point of view. I am happy that someone has dared to talk against the popular public opinion/ mass hysteria. I know it doesn’t go well with general public as seen in the comments above. But that doesn’t prove the opinion circulated as the reality. Rather the general view of publicly holding someone guilty without waiting for the verdict only for their mental satisfaction shows that as a society somewhere we are very backward and only few people can see things through. I really appreciate the author to come up with this opinion knowing that in general people will bash this opinion. However, it is good to know that there are some people in this country who can understand the intricate aspect of this matter.

  17. Now feminist propaganda is started by most biased news agency The Print.. shame on this writer. If we reverse the gender and place rhea into sushant place… This rascal The print will demand death sentence to sushant…. THE PRINT IS EXPERT IN PORTRAYING WOMEN AS ABLA NARI AND MEN A PERPETRATOR OF ALL EVILS…….SHAME ON YOU AND GET WELL SOON

    • One more article to manipulate the general sentiment of the public..yes some of the points stated are true, but please don’t take everyone away from the fact that something is not right with the whole suicide theory..”the print”, get a life and stand for justice and don’t try to idolize the bad person here.
      A blond like her,first asks for a CBI enquiry and then worries about the federal constitution of India,if that happens..
      Even small kids get the logic,don’t know how this presstitutes don’t get it!!

  18. Now feminist propaganda is started by most biased news agency The Print.. shame on this writer. If we reverse the gender and place rhea into sushant place… This rascal The print will demand death sentence to sushant…. THE PRINT IS EXPERT IN PORTRAYING WOMEN AS ABLA NARI AND MEN A PERPETRATOR OF ALL EVILS…….SHAME ON YOU AND GET WELL SOON

  19. People also very much think that few English speaking idiotic fictious characters like joker gupta, Pannalal Roy and tejbeep are unnecessary for india and are bottlenecks in prosperity of india.there aim is to always create unrest in sections of society and target hinduism.because there bosses are either from Italy or from china.

  20. Who is funding you, the print?
    Who are you trying to save ?

    Do you think you are an expert by writing a baseless and non sense articals to satisfy the your investors and trying to be the best pimp for them and against #SSR. Indian are with sushant and you are with the murderer because you have the fund from murderer to speak shit against sushant

    I even dont consider your journalism of prime importance you are not even recognized in the news platform

  21. Look at your third class self The PRINT… already out to defend Rhea in this article without waiting for the investigations and condemn “toxic Bihari families” in another. We see how you degrade the Indian Spirit of the people and we can surely see the timing of these articles.
    Some nerve you have pulling this with the kind of stagnant agenda based journalism you already do.. that’s just another muck bag in your kitty.

  22. The very indians like you have lost their sensitivity. Now you are expecting his father to act like a dumb and do nothing , isn’t. Now don’t post any other stupid and irrelevant articles stating that one should not judge Rhea Chakraborty for not showing even little expected feelings for his boyfriend whom she claimed to love immensely because as far as I know about normal “HUMANS ” they do feel pain, sadness , sorrow and even loose their interest from living her life. But what she is doing is commendable, running away from all that shit ,which she herself had spread. Btw , all parents think their son to be SHRAVAN KUMAR , so stop your stupid so called feminist misconceptions. Go and clear your definition of Feminism and Humanity . Freedom of press doesn’t means posting irrelevant and trash in open , generalizing the whole country. And even if you don’t learn this thing from here , Your Karma will eventually come to teach you the same , and then re think about your baseless and senseless indea

  23. So your issue is with Indians asking questions? Why did you fail to write how mumbai police didn’t even lodge an FIR, said CCTV footage or crime day is missing, doesn’t collect fingerprints, nail clippings or even fails to seal the crime scene. There are tons of lapses from police and you forget to mention them?
    You have lost credibility the print, writing biased article shows a desperate attempt to protect the accused.

    villain in Rhea Chakraborty

  24. Well I agree with thought of media and people having no value to their opinion are creating their versions of truth. But this is normal social tendency and happens worldwide.

    The way this website publishes articles under opinion section, they have proved their antinational views. I don’t know what kind of people sponsor such websites.

  25. You seem to be so bothered about Rhea and are too eager to prove her innocent. You have a problem with the people stereotyping the Bengali community but are you not just doing the same as I did come across another column from your very own agency stereotyping how Bihari families treat their sons.
    Stop this PR game, giving a really tough fight to Rajeev Masand. His loss, your gain?

    • i agree, their frustration is clear from poorly written article against tons of facts already out in public domain. It proves how these media houses are bought by some biggies of BOllywood.

  26. One thing I don’t understand is from where do you people get the knowledge about whole country of more than a billion people. Blaming “India” and “Indian-ness” is a great way to write a “woke” article. But at least mention the facts about how she has been proved guilty for money laundering, and is a blow to feminism and the echoes of “patriarchy”. The main news is she is being protected by Mumbai police. But your “journalism” doesn’t seem to care about any of these. Kudos! Success will be yours xD.

  27. Let us accept a fact that we collectively as Indians have given a special status to our celebrities, be it actors or sportstars. We associate everything good with them and on a subconscious level believe that they are blessed with a great life. Now, when something such as unnatural death occurs to a person of that strata it is but natural that common mass would want to know why? Now coming to the sexism and misogynist approach of many…. do point me out when was it not a part of the society? You cannot expect that ingrained incorrect values to be washed away in a single stance. And if there was no hue cry over SSR’s death their wouldn’t have been more probes. Not everyone can have it. But not everyone has earned it. Anyone with strong determination can achieve it though. If Rhea is found guilty I believe this serves her right! But what if ppl could got away with murdering a famous personality and with people brushing the evidences under the carpet?

  28. Whoever wrote it, a big salute from my side, atleast everyone have not lost their sense. What a crazy world we are living in.

  29. A wonderful article…
    With comment section, we can very well see that these audience are anti Indian who does not value democratic values.
    Instead of barging at the writer, they should be concerned about what all problems people are facing in flood and covid 19 affected areas..

  30. What an absurd article!!
    The real issue is not mental health in this case. His death is not an opportunity to spread awareness about mental health, unhealthy workplace, etc.
    His family has pressed charges of abetment to suicide against Rhea which can’t be ignored.
    The role of Mumbai police can’t be ignored. At least the media coverage is helping to spread awareness about how rich and powerful control the bureaucracy and police force of India.

    If you really want to spread awareness about mental health, then you need any death to spread that.

  31. I am dam sure that this is a paid article which was paid by Rhea and team.. shameless

    I don’t understand how did you miss that she replaced all the staff and she left him exactly before he ended himself.,

    Rhea is a lier and that was proven already.. and yes if we don’t get justic from police and we will start doing investigation by ourselves.,

  32. Our country will take at least 25 years to get to this paradigm of thinking. Most people can’t even fully grasp what the article is trying to say and people are simply furious for not calling out the “criminals” declared by the public and the media. This is another example of black or white thinking, the only kind of thinking that most people in our country understand (see the comment section itself). For example, instead of blaming Rhea, if you simply say it has not been proven yet what her role in this case exactly was, and why not wait and watch instead of creating narratives, then you’d be called a PR or some other paid person(even you are from Salman Khan’s team, which is hilarious btw). Unless you really know if the person is actually guilty then why is there so much rage and abuses? This kind of mindset is so dangerous because it can happen to anyone. What if tomorrow you’d falsely get accused of rape? The entire social media will declare you a rapist before being proven of your innocence, take Rishi Singh case, for example, a 12th class child who was falsely declared a “rapist” by social media overnight resulting in his suicide. Whatever narrative is most convenient at a given point in time you’d simply believe that with 0% doubt. Sure, there are pieces of evidence to support a narrative, but unless it’s proven, why not wait?
    Take Sarabhjit’s case, for instance. Before his acquittal, the entire country called him a rapist, as a result, he lost his job and 5 years of his life(imagine the emotional distress he went through thanks to people’s judgment). Media and public trials are damn easy because you just need the internet and a keyboard and no need to give a rat’s ass about the person you’re commenting about and it’s consequences. You can never be a skeptic in this country because if you don’t pick a side or call out someone a “criminal” declared by the masses, then by default you belong to the other side and you’re their “protector”.

    • Yeah the sign of intelligence and wisdom is to be able to stay comfortably in uncertainty, without bias, and let the truth emerge as clearly as the sun and moon.

      I was wondering where all the intelligent oppa are. I found one here and that too a handsome one!

    • Hi Monte Cristo

      Yeah the sign of intelligence and wisdom is to be able to stay comfortably in uncertainty, without bias, and let the truth emerge as clearly as the sun and moon.

      I was wondering where all the intelligent oppa are. I found one here and that too a handsome one!

    • Nope, it proves how media is bought by these gangsters, and common opinion is driven by common sense which states truth. But some are paid to lie.

    • Insane, absurd and stupid news… Disappointed with this idiotic narration. May be report is completely clueless and biased on this particular article i.e. patriarchy, which is not relevant to this case or media trial…. Use some common sense while writing. Means how you could bring feminism here.
      I don’t watch tv nor read much of news since April 20 (nor any of whatsapp group posted anything on this matter) meaning not bugged with media or rumours. Still i can feel something is wrong. And you are writting an article that only media is creating fuss…
      While writing practice some unbiased thinking ask questions 1st to yourself…. Dont just write whatever comes to your mind; it happens that we get involved in some other thoughts but don’t write it as article, give a next level. Thought or question yourself.
      Get well soon…

  33. I didnot bother to read beyond a few lines…
    As many have accussed Rhea PR bought, i dont think so. Too pedestrian writing!
    Wish i could ‘Report’ this writer and page and block for writing in defence of a criminal.
    Disgusting #ThePrint

  34. I’m only amazed how Rhea is such a important problem. Well, I support the article, I do not care what you think about me because I already have a superiority complex ( as highlighted in the article- expert ). Everyone please continue.

    • What appears common sense to entire country and can be seen as murder within few seconds of watching the body is not clear to this writer. We are always the average of the 5 people that surround us. If someone does a suicide then also the cause is the average of 5 people around us. Death is a negative number – you cannot have a negative number if Sushant was surrounded by loyal trusted positive friends. The very fact that an FIR has not been registeredis suspicious. Rhea will go to Jail and your article will join history with her which she can perhaps enjoy reading inside the jail.

  35. Shitty ass news. You literally are insane. A society is much bigger than a paper when people are finding problems and inconsistency your shitty ass print will came to say otherwise because vomiting on the nation’s news feed is your old habit. Please refrain from your “opinion”
    Nobody has ever asked for it and this world will definitely do alot greater with you isolated in a room then roaming about on the streets.

  36. If not biased then you should have just presented the confirmed facts and not your opinion about others. This is not news. This is called running an agenda. You are doing the same thing you are blaming others for. And how much were you paid? What they are doing for TRP , you are doing for money. And also this this news is so biased that you have shown just one corner of a really big picture. Sharam krlo thora

      • If u think the screenshots of WhatsApp messages of the Haryana police person to mumbai dgp are a hoax then hats off to ur blindness…can’t wake up someone who pretends to be sleeping

    • You hit the nail on the head. The Print should be shut down. Print and the Wire are spewing venom without any constructive criticism

  37. I am sure articles on this site are paid people are trying to defame Sushant family members…shame on you…rhea is a murderer and nobody can save her…stop writing such rubbish articles

  38. The ED (n not the Moronic Public) has found her guilty in a Money Laundering scam ! Funny how u managed to make her seem innocent there as well . Sure u got a big piece of that pie for writing this Biased thrash .

  39. Absolutely trying to divert attention, portraying Indians are intellectually foolish…just as SSR was portrayed depressed… we are critical about the truth behind planned conspiracy which perhaps is the clan you belong.

  40. ThePrint had been sold to PR of Rhea. That’s why they are publishing in support of Rhea. There is another article by Ms Jyoti Yadav which is utter rubbish. Shame on you. People are not fools, they do understand your vested interest. It’s time to come on right track or you will destroy yourself.

    • Don’t be biased….

      Let the court find the guilty.
      Have respect and allow system to function.Do not pre judge

      Please understand that the core media is deciding and making you think, talk and believe what they want you to.

    • Shekhar Gupta worked for NDTV only.
      India Today, NDTV, The Print, Aaj tak all belong to one coterie. These Lutyens Delhi journalism follow their own code of journalism.
      Done with the projected falsehood of mental health also. Covertly administering medicines to someone to induce an illness is a crime. & if & when this gets proven, I, as a citizen of India, will make you apologise @ The Print!

  41. I absolutely do not understand why the print is so hell bent on saving the criminals with regards to Sushant’s case.I can only think of one reason – since the current uproar over Sushant’s death is invested so much with middle class aspirations and fears that the intellectuals and elitists find it hard to identify themselves with the issue. What they do instead is come up with an alternative narrative that not only dilutes the case but also disrespects the victim and the family and the common man’s expectation for justice. I just want to ask where were you guys when a fake sexual harrassment was levelled against Sushant. From a feminist perspective, these allegations which were baseless and agenda-driven are a threat to the very movement of feminism. Why weren’t you guys alarmed then and come to his defence and save feminism from the agenda-driven people? I am shocked. You know people do not scare me, it’s media houses like you who pretend to be voice of reason scare me. In a stupid article written with regards to sushant here- some shravan kumar shit – made some basesless assumptions about sushant’s relationship with his family on the basis of interviews. How are you any different from the media houses that you think cannot accept that a man can be in depression and hence inventing conspiracy theories. What are you guys doing. You people fill me with panic and anxiety. So much hypocrisy in this world. Please fix your thoughts and ideas. Else no one will care to pay you and support your work. Filthy to say the least .

    • If Rhea is guilty….let court try the case and punish….

      Let it happen…. Why people and media create stories…..

      That’s what the article says….

      Don’t be a voice to other’s thoughts…

  42. It is due to agencies like you the Real culprits always escape. They get the courage to do the wrong and slip away without being caught red handed. You don’t get to decide what should happen. It is upto his family and the court. It is now in the hands of CBI. If you really have any humanity stop posting these articles. It seems all this doesn’t make any sense to you. It’s worthless to try put some sense in your brain. You will only be remembered because you tried to manipulate us and hurt the public’s sentiments, nothing more than that.

  43. nonsense !!!!
    Have u been paid by the movie mafia to write these things !
    To create a soft corner for Rhea in our hearts !
    U r so fake and corrupted

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