FAKE ALERT: No IPS officer Vinay Tiwari has not joined CBI to probe Sushant Singh Rajput’s death – Times of India

CLAIM
Several social media posts are claiming that the Bihar IPS officer Vinay Om Tiwari, who was quarantined a few days back by the Municipal corporation of Greater Mumbai, after he landed in financial capital to probe actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death has now been transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The posts claim that he will now join the team probing Rajput’s death.

TRUTH
IPS officer Vinay Tiwari has not been transferred to CBI.
VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY
Times Fact Check got in touch with Tiwari who rubbished such claims.
“There is no truth in such claims. I have categorically denied them. Even some tweets with these claims have been removed,” Tiwari told Times Fact Check.
Tiwari also put out a tweet to refute such claims.

VERDICT
Times Fact Check has found the claims of IPS officer Vinay Tiwari being transferred to the CBI to probe Sushant Singh Rajput’s death to be false.