India, May 1 -- The Bombay high court on Wednesday granted four weeks to the state government to file an affidavit in response to the petition filed by Satish Salian, father of deceased celebrity manager Disha Salian. The petition urged the court to facilitate an independent, impartial, and transparent investigation into Disha Salian's death to bring the alleged perpetrators to justice.

Disha was believed to have fallen to her death from a high-rise in Malad on June 8, 2020. But her father now alleges that she was gangraped and murdered, and an elaborate plan was hatched by the police, political figures, and other influential individuals to hush up the case.

In the petition, Salian said he firmly believed that his daughter's alleged mur...