Rhea Chakraborty: The end of a four-year trial

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Vilified, jailed, and written off Rhea Chakraborty endured a media trial like no other. But five years after Sushant Singh Rajput’s tragic death, the CBI has ruled it a suicide, clearing her name.

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00:00That's Rhea Chakraborty, an actress, a girlfriend, a woman who once became the nation's villain

00:15overnight.

00:164 years later, on March 22, 2025, the CBI closed the Sushant Rajput file, ruling his

00:22death a suicide and clearing Rhea Chakraborty of all charges.

00:26It all started on June 14, 2020, when Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai home.

00:31Within days, the grief of a nation turned into a witch-hunt, and at the centre of it,

00:36Rhea.

00:37The charges, abetment to suicide, of mentally driving Sushant to take his own life, wrongful

00:53confinement of holding Sushant Singh Rajput against his will, accused of theft, of siphoning

00:59off Rs 15 crore from his bank account, criminal conspiracy of being part of a drug cartel.

01:18Many trumped-up charges led her to jail, where she spent 27 days.

01:22Her career stalled, her family was humiliated, her personal life was dissected and destroyed.

01:28But now the CBI has closed the case, clearing Rhea of all charges.

01:32The moment circles back to the fact that Rhea's story is not unique.

01:36In India, women often face disproportionate blame and scrutiny in criminal cases, especially

01:41those involving relationships and morality.

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