In another big development in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has on Tuesday, arrested Rhea Chakraborty in its drug cartel probe. Rhea Chakraborty will be interrogated on her alleged role in the drug angle that has surfaced following Sushant's death, her brother Showik Chakraborty has already been arrested by NCB.
“The complaint is itself an offence. This is a ploy to derail and deflect the investigation. This is an attempt to keep Mumbai police alive in the case so that they can do some mischief and ensure that the family of Sushant does not get justice in this matter,” he said.
Rhea is expected to return for thethird round of quizzing on Tuesday as the NCB officials continue their painstaking investigations to unravel the drugs angle in the death case of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
The experts' view came amid Rhea Chakraborty filing a complaint with the Mumbai Police against her late boyfriend Sushant's sister Priyanka Singh and Dr Tarun Kumar of Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in Delhi and others for offences of forgery, NDPS Act and Tele Medicine Practice Guidelines 2020 for having sent a "bogus" medical prescription depicting Sushant as an OPD person when he was in Mumbai on June 8.
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) grilled actress Rhea Chakraborty on Sunday in connection with the probe into the drugs angle clouding the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. The actress was summoned again for Monday after a six-hour-long session. She
Indrajit Chakraborty's statement came a day after his son Showik was arrested on Friday as part of the probe in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death along with the late actor's house manager Samuel Miranda. They are in the custody of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) till September 9.
Rhea Chakraborty arrived at the agency's office in the Ballard Estate area at 12 noon. She was escorted by police personnel. The agency has said it wants to question Rhea, the main accused in the death case, to take the probe forward in the case.
The NCB team reached Rhea Chakraborty's home on Sunday morning to serve the summons of joining the investigation. The NCB has recently arrested her younger brother Showik Chakraborty, Rajput's house manager Samuel Miranda and Dipesh Sawant, a member of the actor's personal staff, in this case.
Crying 'witch-hunt' and resigned to the possibility of arrest, actress Rhea Chakraborty appeared at the Narcotics Control Bureau office in connection with the probe into the drugs angle clouding the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, on Sunday morning. A team of NCB had come to pick her up from her home, but the 28-year-old actress reportedly declined the lift and decided to go separately for her interrogation.
The Narcotics Control Bureau on Saturday arrested Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's domestic help Dipesh Sawant in a drug-related case, part of the ongoing probe into the death of the late actor. The NCB arrested Sawant on Saturday evening following revelations made by Showik, the brother of Sushant's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and Rajput's house manager Samuel Miranda, who were arrested on Friday night.
The NCB said that there are other instances where Parihar facilitated the drugs delivery and he was in contact with Showik. "The payment for the drugs was done by Showik to Parihar through Google Pay account," the NCB claimed.
Earlier in the day, the NCB carried out raids at a number of locations, including at the homes of Showik Chakraborty and the late actor's house manager Samuel Miranda. The NCB also took Showik and Miranda for questioning at its office after conducting searches for two hours.
An NCB source said that Parihar had connections with Miranda, who was also a close associate of Rhea. Miranda is accused of procuring drugs on the instructions of Showik Chakraborty.
On August 31, Suchitra had questioned the role of Mahesh Bhatt in the relationship between Sushant and his girlfriend Rhea. She also wanted to know whether Bhatt has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yet for questioning in the ongoing probe.
Rhea Chakraborty and her family members are accused of abetting the suicide of Rajput (34), who was found hanging in his flat in Mumbai's Bandra area on June 14.
The order came just a day after the NCB registered a case against Rhea, her brother Showik, talent manager Jaya Saha, Sushant's co-manager Shruti Modi, and Goa based hotelier Gaurav Arya under Sections 20 (b) 28, 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
According to the NCB, the best quality of bud is sold for about Rs 5,000 per gram. Zaid came under the scanner after the agency arrested two people -- Abbas Lakhani and Karan Arora -- in another narcotics case on August 27-28 in Mumbai and recovered a bud consignment from them.
Sushant was found dead at his Bandra residence on June 14. Meetu Singh had come to stay with the actor on June 8 and left his home on June 12.
Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's relations with his family members were not strained, as claimed by many, as the late actor had named his sister as a nominee in his investments in a private bank.
The raids came in the wake of the arrest of two drug peddlers in Mumbai three days ago as the NCB, along with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), is striving hard to unravel the drugs mafia's connections with celebs.
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