After the Bureau of Narcotics Control (NCB) summoned top Bollywood actresses on Wednesday, a major Bollywood producer is now under scanner, according to sources. Furthermore, the main male actors are also allegedly under the radar in relation to drug research. The latest actresses to be summoned by NCB on Thursday include: Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor, Rakul Preet Singh, Sara Ali Khan along with Shruti Modi, Karishma Prakash and Simone Khambata.
Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Khan, Rakul Preet summoned by NCB in drug investigation
Deepika Padukone will join the probe
Deepika Padukone (who is currently in Goa for a session) will join the investigation on September 25. Sources have said that Deepika is in talks with her 12-member legal team at a Goa hotel. Her husband, Ranveer Singh, will also attend the meeting via video conference.
NCB has been questioning KWAN talent manager Jaya Saha based on WhatsApp chats with various celebrities who allegedly discussed narcotic substances. The talent agency itself is under scanner, and NCB summoned its CEO.
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NCB investigates ‘Bollywood drug nexus’
The central agency that has been investigating the drugs angle in the Sushant Singh Rajput death investigation arrested more than 12 people, including actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik, under the NDPS for the acquisition and financing of narcotic substances. Although the brothers requested bail from the Superior Court, a special court extended their judicial custody until October 6. In addition to the drug link in this case, the NCB has registered a complaint based on Akali Dal’s leader Manjinder Sirsa’s drug allegations regarding a 2019 Bollywood party video with various Bollywood celebrities.
The link to drugs was first discovered by ED when analyzing the WhatsApp conversations between Rhea and others about the illegal use of weed and cannabidiol (CBD) since 2017. It summarizes three conversations that point to: illegal acquisition of weed by party from Showik in April-May 2020, Saha delivering CBD to Rhea to allegedly mix it with Rajput coffee in November 2019 and similar conversations about illegally sourcing marijuana in March 2017 and April 2020. Other WhatsApp conversations between Saha and the celebrities mentioned above have also allegedly been discovered by the NCB now.
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