After accessing the details of the currency transactions of Rhea Chakraborty and the talent management company KWAN, Republic Media Network has now accessed more details. These are two specific payments from KWAN to Rhea Chakraborty and the joint account of her mother, Sandhya Chakraborty, that are under the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) scanner.
Two big transactions under the ED scanner
According to sources, the Directorate of Enforcement believes that the account in question had around Rs 3000 at one point before the transactions and two large tranches were transferred to the account. The first transfer was in April 2020 and the other in July, after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. An amount of Rs 3.68,098 was transferred on April 21 and Rs 1.36,802 on July 4 to the joint account through NEFT.
This comes after the Republic Media Network accessed exclusive details of the transactions between CBI’s number one defendant, Rhea Chakraborty, and talent management agency KWAN. As the Compliance Division investigates the financial link, questions arise as to why KWAN was conducting multiple transactions with Rhea. The KWAN bosses are under the scanner of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) when their names came up in drug talks where there was talk of an alleged drug supply. The Emergency Department is also investigating this drug angle to KWAN-Rhea transactions.
KWAN-Rhea money transactions under the ED scanner
The first transaction of Rs 3.96,825 was conducted on March 12 through RTGS and the second followed in a span of just over a month. This time an amount of 3.68,098 rupees. The third payment was made through NEFT on May 2 and the amount was Rs 1.60,651. The fourth payment occurred in the same month and the credited amount was Rs 1.72,126. The fifth transaction was made by check on June 4 and the credited amount was Rs 1.59,300. The other five money transactions of Rs 2,75,400, Rs 1,36,802, Rs 2,75,400, Rs 1,17,900 and Rs 1,21,125 were made through RTGS or NEFT on June 25, July 4, 6 July, October 4 and November 18 respectively.
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KWAN has come into the limelight amid the NCB investigation into the Bollywood drug nexus on which Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, Rakul Preet Singh, as well as KWAN executives Jaya Saha and Karishma Prakash have been questioned, in relation to two FIRs. These are presented as part of the Sushant Singh Rajput death investigation, which names Rhea Chakraborty as the main defendant. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which is investigating the Bollywood drug nexus, had summoned KWAN CEO Dhruv Chitgopekar, his talent manager Jaya Saha, and employee Karishma Prakash, who is also a manager of Deepika Padukone.
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NCB objects to bail for Rhea & Showik
The NCB had previously arrested actress Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik, and some suspected drug traffickers. The Bombay High Court last week adjourned the bail hearing for Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik to September 29. According to sources, the Office of Narcotics Control objected to the bond statement on Monday.
“Initially, it is argued that the application submitted by the applicant (Rhea & Showik Chakraborty) lacks merits and therefore deserves to be rejected,” the affidavit reads. “Rhea has actively aided, abetted and financed another person accused of the drug transaction in compliance with criminal conspiracy,” it further said.
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