The truth behind Sushant Singh Rajput’s time of death, as mentioned on Wikipedia

Sushant Singh Rajput’s demise was a shocking news for the entire nation. Fans have been suspecting the actor’s suicide to be a planned murder. From urging the government and police for CBI enquiry to debating on nepotism prevailing in bollywood, social media has seen a flurry of such hashtags and Twitter trends over the past few weeks.

Fans are now claiming that the actor’s Wikipedia page was edited, and someone added the information of his suicide much before the actor committed suicide.

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Netizens claimed that the Wikipedia page of Sushant was updated at 8.59 am, when the police actually reached his Bandra residence around 12:30 pm on 14 June, 2020.
A fan tweeted, 8:59 am 14th June Sushant ’s Wikipedia was updated & mentioned that he is committed suicide!!! Who was this astrologer ???
@MumbaiPolice
please don’t tell us that he updated his Wikipedia before his death, cause user id is avialable there… #cbiforsushant

However it seems that Sushant 's fans are missing out some crucial details. Wikipedia is an open-source website, it is not considered to be an authentic source of information by academia.

According to Cyber cell sources, Wikipedia follows the UTC time format (Coordinated Universal Time) and not IST (India Standard Time) which is why there is a difference of about 5 hours. So if the Wikipedia page was updated at 9 am UTC, the page was actually updated around 2.29 pm IST, when already the news about Sushant was all over the internet.

The actor was found dead at his Mumbai residence on June 14. The versatile actor, known for his works in Kai Po Che, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story and many more. He died by suicide, say the police, who are carrying out an investigation and has already questioned at least 28-30 people including his rumoured girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty.

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