CBI Registers FIR in Disha Salian Death Case After High Court Order (2026-09-17)

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a first information report (FIR) in connection with the death of Disha Salian, the former manager of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who died in June 2020. The FIR was lodged on September 13 by the agency's Special Crime Branch, with Disha's father, Satish Ishwar Salian, named as the complainant.

The move follows a Bombay High Court order on September 2 directing the CBI to appoint an investigating officer, record Satish Salian's statement and register an FIR. The court asked the officer to examine all aspects surrounding the circumstances of Disha's death.

According to the FIR, Satish Salian's statement was recorded on September 11, after which the case was registered. The place of occurrence is listed as Flat No. 1202, Regent Galaxy Apartment, Malwani, Malad West, Mumbai, and the alleged incident is stated to have taken place on the intervening night of June 8 and 9, 2020.

Disha Salian died in June 2020 after allegedly falling from a building in Malad. The Malwani police had initially recorded the incident as a case of accidental death.

In his statement reproduced in the FIR, Satish Salian said his daughter, then 28, worked as a celebrity manager and had also worked with Sushant Singh Rajput. He alleged that the family was first told Disha had died by suicide and that he was in severe shock when police officers asked whether he suspected anything about her death.

The complainant has alleged that he was not shown his daughter's body immediately, was later shown photographs at Malwani police station, and developed doubts after allegedly noticing an absence of blood or multiple visible injuries. The FIR records his claim that he was persuaded at the time to accept the version that Disha had consumed alcohol and accidentally fallen from the building.

The FIR also reproduces several allegations by Satish Salian regarding purported contradictions in CCTV footage, the alleged position of the body after the fall, records relating to clothing, forensic swabs, mobile phone seizure records, and medical and post-mortem documentation. These allegations have not been independently established and will form part of the CBI investigation.

The FIR records allegations naming several public figures, police officers, doctors, forensic personnel, security guards and others whose roles, according to the complainant, require investigation. Satish Salian has alleged that Disha possessed sensitive information relating to certain influential persons and that a conspiracy was hatched to silence her. He has also alleged that evidence was suppressed or fabricated and that a false suicide narrative was created. The FIR records these as allegations made by the complainant.

Disha Salian's death occurred days before Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Bandra residence in June 2020. The two deaths had triggered intense public and political debate, with multiple agencies later examining aspects of Rajput's death and related allegations.

The CBI investigation into Salian's death will now examine the material referred to by the complainant, earlier police records, medical and forensic documents, witness statements, CCTV footage and other evidence connected with the case.