The Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) authorities gave exemption from house quarantine to Bihar-cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Vinay Tiwari, who had come to town for investigation into actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s dying, permitting him to return to Patna earlier than Saturday. The choice was taken following a letter by Bihar Police to facilitate Tiwari’s return to Patna to renew his responsibility.
Tiwari had arrived in Mumbai on Sunday night and was requested by the civic authorities to stay below 14-day quarantine till August 15, as per the rule for home air travellers. Tiwari was quarantined on the SRPF camp in Goregaon, the place he had put up upon his arrival to Mumbai. On Thursday, 4 different personnel of Bihar Police, who have been in Mumbai since July 27 to analyze Rajput’s dying, flew again to Patna.
Bihar Police’s letter got here within the backdrop of the Nitish Kumar-led authorities giving its consent to switch the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) earlier this week. CBI registered a primary data report within the case on Thursday.
Mumbai Police is probing the case after the actor was discovered lifeless in his Bandra residence on June 14 and Maharashtra authorities ordered an investigation into his dying.
P Velrasu, further municipal commissioner, BMC, responded to Bihar Police’s letter.
“It’s shocking and unlucky to notice {that a} visiting senior officer earlier than continuing to Maharashtra has not acquainted himself with the coronavirus illness (Covid-19) quarantine pointers issued by the Maharashtra authorities to arrest the unfold of the pandemic within the state. It might be famous that the rules can be found within the public area,” the BMC letter said.
“Contemplating that it’s only the fifth day of his arrival, and for the reason that request to exempt from house isolation to return to Patna has come from Patna police, and contemplating the supply within the SOP (customary working process) to exempt passengers on a brief length go to, it’s hereby determined to exempt Mr. Vinay Tiwari from house quarantine topic to fulfilling the next situations. He shall depart Maharashtra earlier than the seventh day of the beginning of quarantine (earlier than August 8),” the letter said.
Tiwari left for the Mumbai airport on Friday afternoon.
Whereas talking to the media, Tiwari mentioned, “I used to be not quarantined, however the investigation was quarantined. We did no matter we might do, and undoubtedly there have been hurdles in our investigations. Now, the investigation is with the CBI, and I can not touch upon it. However we are going to submit all investigation-related particulars we did within the Supreme Court docket.”
In the meantime, BMC on Friday additionally tweeted a notification studying, “Some cases have come to note that some authorities officers after touchdown in Mumbai present their authorities ID card and safe exemption. By this order, it’s clarified that any exemption for presidency servant contributing for its workplace needs to be made in writing to BMC two days upfront justifying the rationale for exemption for house quarantine. All exemptions will likely be given in written by BMC, and BMC officers on the airport shall not give any exemptions.”