We don’t even smoke, said four actors: NCB official | Hindi Movie News


MUMBAI: Actors Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Singh and Shraddha Kapoor, who were questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), have denied substance abuse. They said they were referring to hand-rolled cigarettes in their WhatsApp messages that mention the word “doob.” “They said they didn’t even smoke cigarettes,” said an NCB official.

They have also refuted any knowledge of Sushant Singh Rajput’s alleged drug habit. The NCB official said that the technical analysis of their mobile phones that were voluntarily delivered will clear all doubts. Meanwhile, a former executive producer for Karan Johar-owned Dharmatic Entertainment told a magistrate court that he was “harassed” into making a statement implicating Johar. His attorney Satish Maneshinde alleged that NCB recorded his statement under duress and offered him a deal if he implicated Johar.

NCB refuted the allegations. Kshitij Ravi Prasad, who was arrested in the case on Saturday, has been in NCB custody until October 3. He is among the 20, including Rhea Chakraborty, who are in custody. An NCB official seeking pretrial detention for Prasad said he was a key defendant linked to the “drug union” and was not cooperating.

The pretrial detention request claims that Prasad had received ganja from Karamjeet, aka Anand Singh, and his associates Ankush Arneja and Kaizan Ibrahim, who are connected to Sushant’s manager, Samuel Miranda, and therefore NCB needed his custodial questioning to delve into your role.

Maneshinde alleged that the NCB team was using intimidation tactics to extract a confession from him. She said they found nothing during a search of Prasad’s house “other than the end of a dry, stale cigarette butt on the balcony, but they suggested it was ganja and even made a panchnama to that effect despite their protests.”

He said area director Sameer Wankhede informed Prasad that since he was associated with Dharma Productions, he would be released if he implicated Karan Johar, Somel Mishra, Rakhi, Apoorva, Neeraj or Rahil falsely alleging that they used drugs.

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