It is a case of suicide, without any medical doubt,” said Dr Sudhir Gupta, professor and head of forensic medicine at AIIMS, Delhi, speaking to mid-day on Sunday about actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death following the CBI’s closure report. A medical board of five senior AIIMS doctors, chaired by Dr Gupta, unanimously concluded that actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death was a case of suicide.

“Based on AIIMS’s forensic report, circumstantial investigations, and corroboration of all available evidence, the CBI has filed a closure report in the actors death case,” Dr Gupta told mid-day. Following the CBI’s takeover of the investigation in 2020—after registering an FIR based on a complaint by the actor’s father—the agency sought an expert opinion from AIIMS, submitting 16 questions for clarity.