Late actor Sushant Singh’s flat in Mumbai is facing it hard to fix any buyer for the past 2.5 years, the very place where the actor was found hanging. The broker Rafique Merchant, posted about the flat, sea-faced available for rent at ₹5 lakh per month.
The broker added that the original owner of the flat, an NRI is not willing to give his flat to celebs anymore post the incident. He is now looking for a corporate tenant however this has not been possible yet. Rajput was discovered dead by the Mumbai cops on June 14, 2020.
Speaking about finding no tenant, Rafique told Bollywood Hungama, “People are scared to move into this flat. When prospective tenants would hear that this is the same apartment where he died, they would not even visit the flat. Nowadays, people are at least visiting the flat as the news of his death has become old. Yet, the deal is not getting finalised. The owner is also hell-bent and doesn’t want to come down on the rent. If he does, it’ll be sold quickly. Since he’s selling it at the market price, tenants prefer buying some other flat of a similar size in the same area since it would come without the baggage of controversy that this flat is associated with.”
“The parties are told in advance that this is where Sushant used to stay. Some people don’t mind the history and want to go for it. But their friends and family members discourage them from going ahead with the deal. Now the owner doesn’t want to rent out the flat to a film celeb, no matter who or how big he or she is. He’s clear that he wants to hand over the flat to a corporate person,” he added.
Reportedly, Sushant had leased the apartment for around ₹4.5 lakh per month since December 2019. He was sharing the apartment with his roommates and his girlfriend-actor, Rhea Chakraborty, who was living with him during the COVID-19 lockdown. Sushant’s death was investigated by Central Bureau of Investigation, with the Enforcement Directorate and the Narcotics Control Bureau looking into the financial and the drugs-related angles in the matter.
