Dehradun, Sept. 10 -- There is a difference in what has happened with Rhea Chakraborty and Kangana Ranaut. Rhea has been hounded by the media, while Ranaut has become the victim of vendetta by an elected government, sworn to uphold the law and constitutional proprieties. If the Sushant Singh Rajput case has dragged on and taken on so many dimensions, it is largely because of shoddy investigative work by the Mumbai Police. Had it handled the case with the required professionalism, there would have been no need to involve the CBI, and for the issue to become a political hot potato.
The police could not determine, first, whether Rajput was murdered or committed suicide. In cases where there is no suicide note and somebody is likely to benefit...