A Rs 500 crore legal notice has been issued in connection with the Disha Salian death case, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Disha’s father, Satish Salian, has sought Rs 500 crore in damages from Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray and NCP (SP) leader and Maharashtra’s former home minister Anil Deshmukh.

The notice alleges that the two leaders attempted to portray Satish Salian’s pursuit of justice as “politically motivated”.

Disha Salian, 28, died on June 8, 2020, after falling from a high-rise residential building in Mumbai’s Malad area. The police treated the incident as an accidental death and registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR). Six days later, actor Sushant Singh Rajput died.

Days later, Disha’s father, who first said that he did not suspect a criminal angle, approached the Bombay High Court seeking registration of an FIR and a fresh investigation. The petition sought investigation into allegations involving several individuals, including Aaditya Thackeray, Dino Morea and Sooraj Pancholi.

The Rs 500 crore legal notice accuses Aaditya Thackeray of questioning Satish Salian’s motives and trying to portray his struggle for justice as “politically motivated, malicious, and actuated by an ulterior object” of damaging his reputation.