New Delhi: Investigating the angle of drugs in the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, the Office of Narcotics Control on Friday night (September 4) arrested Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik and the Bollywood star’s home manager. , Samuel Miranda. The duo were arrested after 10 hours of questioning. They will appear before a Mumbai court tomorrow (September 5).
The duo’s arrest clearly shows that the noose around Rhea Chakraborty is tightening, and there is a possibility that she, too, will be arrested by the NCB, which already summoned her for questioning on Saturday.
According to sources, Showik confessed to NCB that he used to buy drugs for Sushant Singh at the urging of his sister Riya through Samuel Miranda.
Sushant’s home manager Samuel Miranda also told NCB that he used to fix drugs, named Budd, at Showik’s urging for Sushant. There are the digital records of up to 12 financial transactions between Samuel Miranda and Showik. Rhea Chakraborty’s credit card was also used for various transactions.
Speaking to DNA, the eminent Mumbai criminal lawyer Ujjawal Nikam said that there is a possibility that Rhea Chakraborty could be arrested. The drugs angle in the Sushant Singh Rajput case is likely to provide the intention or motive behind the drug supply to the Bollywood star, who was found dead in his Bandra apartment on June 14.
Nikam said there are no eyewitnesses in this case, so circumstantial evidence would play a key role in establishing the chain.
We need to understand why Rhea Chakraborty can be arrested. The first big reason is that Rhea is accused of giving Sushant Singh drugs, and the same has been confirmed through the questioning of Showik Chakraborty. On the basis of these reasons, the OCN can arrest Rea.
The CBI can also arrest Rhea because she is accused of turning Sushant into a drug addict. Sushant Singh’s family has accused Rhea of using Sushant’s money. It is alleged that he used Sushant’s money to buy drugs for herself and fulfill other requirements of his family.
Sushant Singh’s family has also alleged that he was separated from his family due to Riya Chakraborty. On August 27, Sushant’s father, KK Singh, stated that Rhea Chakraborty poisoned her son and should be arrested.
He said: “Rhea mere bete ki hatyarin hai, drugs deti thi, giraftar kari jayi (Rhea is the murderer of my son, she used to give him drugs and must be arrested)”.
KK Singh further stated that Rhea was giving Sushant poison for a long time, adding: “I request CBI to immediately arrest Rhea and her associates.”
The updates so far in Sushant Singh’s case are given below:
1. So far, five people have been arrested for alleged drug involvement in the Sushant Singh Rajput case.
2. NCB arrested three people today, and later that night they arrested Showik Chakraborty and Samuel Miranda
3. Showik Chakraborty has confessed to buying drugs for Riya Chakraborty
4. Showik told NCB that he used to get drugs from Samuel for Sushant at Riya’s urging.
5. Before arresting them, NCB questioned Showik and Samuel Miranda separately; they were also questioned face to face
6. During their questioning, NCB presented evidence of cell phone conversations in front of the duo.
The five key characters in this alleged drug trafficking business are Riya Chakraborty’s brother, Shovik Chakraborty; Samuel Miranda; the drug dealer Zaid Vilatra, who used to supply drugs to Samuel Miranda; Basit Parihar, who introduced Samuel to Zaid Vilatra; and the fifth character is Fayaz Ahmed, a resort driver in Goa. Fayaz used to deliver drugs.
So far, 7 people have been arrested in the drug case and two of them have been released on bail.
Samuel Miranda previously told Mumbai police and CBI that Sushant Singh’s sister and her husband Siddharth had appointed him manager of Sushant’s home. Samuel previously worked on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, and after leaving work, he got this job through a consultancy. His job was to manage the house and for this he used to receive a monthly salary of Rs 80,000.
In particular, the NCB is currently led by Rakesh Asthana, who has also been the special director of CBI. The drug connection in Sushant Singh’s case is being investigated under his supervision.
Hours earlier, the NCB conducted searches at Showik and Miranda’s residences. The OCN also seized Showik’s laptop and mobile phone. NCB detectives, accompanied by police officers, raided Showik Chakraborty’s residence in Santa Cruz (West) and Miranda’s house in the suburbs of Andheri (West) from 6:30 am. Showik lives with her sister Rhea.
Both Showik Chakraborty and Miranda, who is the manager of the Rajput house, received the summons to join the investigation during the search and were taken to the NCB zonal office in the Ballard Estate area.
NCB is the third central agency to join the investigation into Sushant’s death, after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).
On August 26, the NCB registered a case when the DE wrote to him about the drug angle, naming Rhea, her brother, talent manager Jaya Saha, Sushant’s co-manager Shruti Modi, and the hotelier with Goa-based Gaurav Arya in various sections. of the Law on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
This followed WhatsApp messages between Rhea and Shruti Modi, Miranda, and Sushant’s roommate Siddharth Pithani, which came to light.
On the intervening night of August 27-28, the agency conducted searches in Mumbai and arrested Abbas Lakhani and Karan Arora, confiscating “bud” (cured marijuana) from their possession. There were some mentions of “bud” in alleged social media posts among the people involved in the case.
On August 19, the Supreme Court had requested the Central Bureau of Investigation to investigate the case related to the actor’s death, while holding that the FIR registered in Patna was legitimate. The FIR in Patna was registered in a complaint filed by the actor’s father, KK Singh.
The single judge court of Judge Hrishikesh Roy had observed that the Bihar government was competent to recommend the transfer of the case to the IWC. He had also asked the Mumbai police to turn over all the evidence gathered so far in the case to the CBI.
The CBI filed an FIR against Chakraborty and others in connection with the death of the actor after the Center accepted the Bihar government’s recommendation to transfer the investigation into the matter from Patna.
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