The infamous video of the star-studded party at Karan Johar’s residence under the Office of Narcotics Control scanner will be reexamined, sources told Republic. The stars present in it could be summoned for their remarks, as authorities have not ruled out the possibility of summoning them, NCB sources told Republic.
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Will Karan Johar’s video be reexamined?
The OCN had previously confirmed the authenticity of the video submitted by the Shiromani Akali Dal plaintiff’s leader, Manjinder Singh Sirsa. According to sources, there was no editing, splicing, or dicing of the video, but it was unclear if what looked like a white powdery substance could be illuminated light (torchlight). The NCB has tried to find out more about it in the reexamination of the video.
NCB regulations require, according to a circular issued on 1 2013, that persons against whom a complaint can be made must register their statements. So there are chances that party goers can be summoned to record their statements.
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The now-deleted video from 2019 shows Karan Johar recording the guests at his party one by one, Deepika Padukone, Shakun Batra, Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor-Mira Rajput, Varun Dhawan-Natasha Dalal, Rohit Dhawan, Zoya Akhtar , Ranbir Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Ayan Mukerji, Pooja Shetty Deora, among others.
Of these, Deepika is already under the NCB’s radar, as part of the investigation prompted by the Sushant Singh Rajput investigation. After Rhea Chakraborty was arrested for her alleged involvement in a drug cartel, Deepika, along with many other stars, has been questioned once, about her alleged talks asking for ‘maal’ or hash ‘.
Amid reports that even Karan Johar could be summoned, the filmmaker issued a statement that he had never “used drugs.” The NCB had taken up the complaint after Manjinder Singh Sirsa filed a complaint with the NCB recently, after his complaints to the Mumbai police last year had not been “heeded”.
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