Actor Rhea Chakraborty arrives at the Bombay office of the Bureau of Narcotics Control for questioning on the second day.
Mumbai:
Actor Rhea Chakraborty, who was questioned for more than six hours Sunday by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), arrived at the central agency’s office in Mumbai for the second day as part of the investigation into the alleged angle of the drugs surrounding the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. case. The NCB investigation is a separate case registered by the agency.
Chakraborty was first cited by the drug agency on Sunday, two days after her brother Showik was arrested along with Samuel Miranda, manager of Sushant Singh Rajput’s home, and charged with the drug law by the NCB. They have been sent into the custody of the agency as of Wednesday. Today she was sent back for a medical examination.
No drugs have yet been found in Showik Chakraborty. The NCB’s case hinges on 59 grams of cured marijuana found in previously arrested suspected drug dealers. Further seizures were made through raids on Abbas Lakhani and Karan Arora, who allegedly had links to the street vendors allegedly connecting the road to Showik Chakraborty.
The NCB in a statement said: “In the continuation of operations against the drug union, a raid was carried out in Mumbai by the Mumbai Zonal Unit, NCB.
The following drugs were seized:
1,590 g of hashish
2. 0.64 g of LSD leaves
3. 304 g of marijuana, including imported marijuana joints and capsules
4. 1.85,200 rupees in cash
5. 5,000 Indonesian rupees. “
One person, Anuj Keshwani, is being examined for questioning. Her name was revealed during the questioning of Kaizan Ibrahim (arrested earlier), who had revealed that Anuj Keshwani was her contraband supplier. The amount of LSD that has been recovered is the commercial amount under the NDPS Act.
The investigation began after WhatsApp chats retrieved from Ms. Chakraborty’s phone by the Directorate of Execution revealed an alleged conversation between her and a contact saved as “Miranda Sushi”, believed to be Samuel Miranda, about the purchase. of drugs.
Rhea Chakraborty and her family have said that a “simple middle class family” was being targeted as part of a “witch hunt” and was being vilified by the media. After Showik Chakraborty’s arrest, her father had said that he now awaited the arrest of his daughter.
The death of 34-year-old Sushant Singh Rajput and its various angles are being investigated by three central agencies, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate together with the Office of Narcotics Control, after a major legal and political battle. . The Mumbai police were also investigating the case through investigative procedures, but the Supreme Court turned the case over to the IWC and said there were no flaws in the Mumbai police investigation regarding the material before them. .
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