After appearing on the news amid NCB’s ongoing drug investigation, Karan Johar released a statement on her social media on Friday about the matter. The Producer-Director has been in the headlines about the Dharma Production employees summoned by the NCB.
Karan Johar in her statement also addressed the 2019 party video about which SAD leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa filed a complaint and is under scrutiny.
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“I had already clarified my position back in 2019 that the accusations are completely unfounded and false. No narcotic substance was consumed in the match. I would like to state unequivocally once again that I do not consume narcotics and do not promote or encourage the consumption of any substance of this type.
All of these defamatory and malicious statements have unnecessarily subjected me, my family, my colleagues and Dharma Productions to hatred, contempt and ridicule.
I would like to further point out that Kshitij Prasad and Anubhav Chopra – I don’t know these people personally and neither of these two people are “helpers” or “close helpers”. Neither I nor Dharma Productions can be responsible for what people do in their personal lives. These accusations do not belong to Dharma Productions.
I wish to further note that Anubhav Chopra is not an employee of Dharma Productions. He was briefly associated with us for just two months as second assistant director of a film, between November 2011 and January 2012 and as assistant director of the short film in January 2013. Since then, he has never been associated with Dharma.
Kshitij Ravi Prasad joined Dharmatic in November 2019 as one of the contract executive producers for a project that ultimately did not materialize.
However, in recent days, the media has resorted to false and tacky accusations. I hope members of the media will exercise restraint, otherwise I will be left with no choice but to legally protect my rights against this baseless attack on me, “said Karan Johar.
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Dharma employee Kshitij Ravi Prasad was picked up from his residence in Versova on Friday after the agency conducted raids there. Marijuana and small amounts of weed were also seized from the Kshitij site during the searches. He was seen being escorted by NCB officials from his residence and is currently on his way to NCB’s Ballad Pier Office.
OCN officials have also revealed that Kshitij Ravi Prasad has so far not been detained or arrested. Since Kshitij Prasad was summoned for today, he accompanied the OCN to his office after the raids. However, they also confirmed that the executive producer of Dharma Productions will be detained after his questioning.
The news of Anubhav Chopra’s interrogation came after the NCB conducted searches at the Versova residence of Kshitij Ravi Prasad. Small amounts of marijuana were seized from the residence as the aide was taken to the NCB’s Ballad Pier office.
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