Mumbai: There was threat to her and her family’s life said actress Rhea Chakraborty on Thursday. She requested the Mumbai police for protection. She took to Instagram and shared a video where her father was seen being hounded by the media outside her building compound.

They have been trying to get out of the house to cooperate with various investigating agencies probing actor Sushant Singh Rajput death’s, she said. The man in this video is my father Indrajit Chakraborty (Retd Army officer). We have been trying to get out of our house to cooperate with ED, CBI and various investigation authorities. There is threat to my life and my family’s life, she said.

We have informed the local police station and even gone there, no help provided. We have informed the investigation authorities to help us get to them, no help arrived, she said. How this family is is going to live? She wrote. Using the #Safety-for my family, she said basic law and order restriction should be provided especially amid the Covid- 19 pandemic. We are only asking for assistance, to cooperate with the various agencies that have asked us.

I request @ of Mumbai police to please provide protection so that we can cooperate with these investigation agencies. In Covid- 19 times, these basic law and order restrictions need to be provided. Thank you she said. Earlier in the morning Rhea’s brother Showik Chakraborty arrived at the DRDO guest house here for questioning by the CBI. This is the first time that a member from Rhea’s family is being questioned by the CBI. Rajput’s flatmate Siddharth Pithani was also called by the CBI for the seventh consecutive day for questioning in the actor’s death case.