Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s former girlfriend Ankita Lokhande and Kangana Ranaut were among celebrities who joined his fans to take part in the Candle4SSR online protest, initiated as a tribute to Sushant Singh Rajput and to demand justice for the late actor.
Sharing an image on Instagram, Sushant’s ex-girlfriend Ankita also penned a note for Sushant, she wrote, “HOPE, PRAYERS AND STRENGTH!! Keep smiling wherever you are”
The digital protest called upon everyone to light a candle in Sushant’s name at 8pm. Fans of the late actor’s participated in the protest.
Kangana lit a candle to show solidarity with the movement, a picture of which was posted by her Twitter team, which goes by the name of Team Kangana Ranaut, on their unverified Twitter account.
Earlier, Ishkaran Singh Bhandari, lawyer of former Cabinet minister Subramanian Swamy, had initiated the peaceful digital protest #Candle4SSR demanding justice for Sushant, who passed away last month.
The protest, #Candle4SSR, is also a peaceful way of requesting authorities to initiate a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the actor’s untimely demise.