4 min learnNew DelhiAug 17, 2026 03:54 PM IST
Actor Rhea Chakraborty has stated that she and her father misplaced their livelihoods, and brother couldn’t be a part of Indian Institute of Administration (IIM) regardless of doing effectively within the entrance examination, within the aftermath of actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s dying and the extreme media scrutiny that adopted. Rhea was courting Sushant on the time of his dying. She was named as a suspect in his dying by varied investigating companies and his household; she was cleared of all fees by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2025.
Talking to Farah Khan on her newest YouTube vlog, Rhea Chakraborty stated it felt just like the society had cancelled them and their lives got here to a standstill. She and her brother had been arrested in a drug case associated to Rajput’s dying, altering their lives eternally. A number of years later, Rhea and Shovik have rebuilt their lives with Chapter 2, a clothes model and podcast, which has reportedly completed effectively sufficient for Rhea to purchase a brand new residence.
She stated, “Shovik and I began Chapter Two Present as a result of he acquired 97% in CAT. We had all that occur in 2020. The identical yr, he acquired 97%, he acquired arrested together with me. In three months, the primary trimester handed. We had paid the charges. He had acquired into IIM. Then he misplaced the trimester. All this occurred. We got here out. Then there was no work.”
She defined that after they had been launched from jail, their lives got here to a standstill. “We was once simply sitting at residence. In a method, we had been cancelled by society. No one provided me movies. Shovik wasn’t even getting a job. No company was prepared to take him in.”
The impression of Rhea’s involvement within the case prolonged to her household as effectively. She stated her retired military officer father had to surrender a high-paying job after the hospital found he was Rhea’s father.
She stated, “In reality, even papa acquired a really massive job as a medical superintendent in one of many very massive hospitals on the town, after which they discovered his surname and stated, ‘Sir, you might be Rhea Chakraborty’s father.’ He needed to depart that job.”
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After dealing with a number of setbacks and remaining jobless for an prolonged interval, the brother-sister duo got here up with the concept for Chapter 2.
She revealed, “This was after we had been like, now we have had it sufficient. We don’t need to rely upon folks anymore. I need to do one thing of our personal. After loads of considering, we got here up with the concept of promoting apparels. This connects again to the time once I was arrested. Unknowingly, I wore this T-shirt which learn: ‘Roses are pink, Violets are Blue, Let’s smash the patriarchy me and also you.’ It was a T-shirt gifted by an NGO. That T-shirt went viral. It spoke for me once I couldn’t myself. I discovered this out a number of months later.”
Calling the incident a supply of motivation, Rhea stated, “So we determined to make extra such garments which can provide folks a voice. And that’s how Chapter 2 began. It’s doing effectively.”
Within the aftermath of Rajput’s dying, FIRs had been filed in opposition to Chakraborty and her household on fees of abetment to suicide, felony intimidation and cash laundering by Rajput’s household in addition to by investigating companies. She was arrested by the Narcotics Management Bureau and spent practically a month in jail. The NCB accused Chakraborty and her brother of coordinating drug deliveries for the late actor.
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The CBI filed a closure report within the Sushant Singh Rajput dying case on March 23, 2025, clearing Rhea and her household from all form of fees. CBI reportedly concluded that there was no proof to help allegations of abetment to suicide, unlawful confinement or theft. Sushant Singh Rajput was discovered useless at his Mumbai residence in June 2020.
