Maha cops warn people about posting Sushant Singh Rajput’s pics on social media, say that it may ‘invite legal action’

The police cyber agency has asked people to refrain from posting pics online.

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Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai home on Sunday.
The Maharashtra police has asked people to refrain from circulating the pictures of actor Sushant Singh Rajput who was found dead at his Mumbai home on Sunday, calling them “disturbing and in bad taste”.

The verified Twitter handle, MaharashtraCyber, which is an official account of Maharashtra Cyber, nodal agency for cyber security and cybercrime investigation for Maharashtra, posted a series of tweets and reiterated that such posts "are liable to invite legal action" and "should be deleted".

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The state police, in a Twitter thread, urged social media users to exercise restraint and "refrain" from sharing these pictures and delete the existing posts.

"A disturbing trend has been observed on Social Media platforms by Maharashtra Cyber that pictures of deceased actor Shri. Sushant Singh Rajput are being circulated, which are disturbing and in bad taste (sic)," one of the posts which has been liked more than 13K times, read.


The agency in a strongly-worded tweet said that “circulation of such pictures is against legal guidelines and court directions, and are liable to invite legal action."
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Hours after the state cyber agency’s tweet, actress-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar also called out the behaviour as “disappointing and irresponsible”.


Earlier on Monday, the police confirmed that the ‘Kai Po Che!’ actor, who was found hanging in his Bandra apartment on Sunday morning, was battling depression. According to a Mumbai Police official, the team that visited his residence found medication meant to treat depression. No suicide note, however, was found from the spot, the official added.

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On Sunday, Mumbai Police as well as the crime branch officials visited his rented flat on Sunday, but nothing suspicious was found.

Bidding Farewell To Sushant Singh Rajput - An Actor & A Technopreneur
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Kriti Sanon even went on record and said that she is fond of Sushant. Soon, in 2018, rumours of the couple taking a break from each other spread like wildfire.

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Besides being a talented actor, Sushant was also a budding technopreneur. In 2018, in partnership with serial entrepreneur Varun Mathur, Sushant made his entrepreneural debut with the launch of Innsaei Ventures Pvt Ltd.

Innsaei, an ancient Icelandic word for intuition, is a first-of-its-kind venture that is working on the convergence of intellectual property and emerging technologies.

Sushant, an engineer by profession, was quoted saying, "Emerging technologies are disrupting socio-cultural and economic structures at an exponential pace and this will impact key areas like education, employment, entertainment and health."

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Talking about his involvement, says Sushant, "I have always loved boxing and have been a big fan of Sylvester Stallone's Rocky series. I couldn't think of a better way to be associated with the sport that I love. It was high time that something of this scale happened in India and now that it is happening ,I'm really excited about this venture."

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