The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which has been trying to unmask the identities of people who supply narcotics to various people in the Bollywood film industry following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, summoned actor Arjun Rampal for a second time on monday. While questioning the actor, the department found that the recipe submitted by Arjun Rampal, for the banned tablets recovered from his residence in November 2020, was retroactive.
To the unspoken, last month NCB officials raided Arjun Rampal’s residence and found tablets of clonazepam, which was banned by the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) in 2018 after it was broken. a mass smuggling scam. Soon after, the actor and his partner Gabriella Demetriades were questioned by the NCB about the banned tablets.
Meanwhile, after the reveal, NCB contacted and summoned Dr. Rohit Garg, the Delhi-based head psychiatrist, who had written the actor’s retroactive prescription. The department registered your return under Section 164 of the CrPC.
Wrote the prescription in ‘good faith’: the doctor who gave the retroactive prescription to the actor tells NCB
The doctor confessed to writing the prescription in “good faith” and said he was not aware of the NCB investigation. He said that Arjun Rampal approached him through a family friend and was not aware of the ongoing investigation. He assured the agency’s full cooperation.
Speaking until noon, the doctor said: “The matter is sub-judice, so I will not be able to share details with you. I have shared all the information with NCB officials and have recorded my magistrate’s statement. I will cooperate with authorities to further investigate the case and share any information requested. “
Arjun Rampal and his alleged link to the drug-Bollywood nexus
It is pertinent to note here that actor Arjun Rampal was summoned last week, but had written to the NCB asking for time until December 22, citing some “personal” commitments. At the beginning of November 13, the actor was interrogated for almost 7 hours after the NCB raided his home and took almost a dozen electronic devices in addition to some banned “medical” tablets.
The raid came days after the brother of his girlfriend Gabriella Demetriades was arrested on allegations of being in contact with drug traffickers. The South African citizen was reportedly in contact with the drug traffickers arrested in connection with the death case of Sushant Singh Rajput.
As NCB delved into the case, it arrested an Australian citizen named Paul Bartel. Bartel, who was the 26th defendant arrested in connection with the case by the central investigating agency, also had ties to actor Arjun Rampal. It was revealed that Bartel was in contact with Agisilaos Demetriades, who is the brother of Gabriella, the girlfriend of Bollywood actor and model Arjun Rampal.
Arjun Rampal allegedly supplies drugs to Shah Rukh Khan
After Arjun Rampal’s name emerged in the alleged nexus between drugs and Bollywood, reports surfaced suggesting that Arjun Rampal allegedly supplied drugs to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. A report published by the Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar quoted an officer from the NCB (Office of Narcotics Control) informing them that the main Bollywood actors under investigation for drug abuse whose names begin with ‘A’, ‘D’ and ‘S ‘are Arjun Rampal, Dino Morea and Shah Rukh Khan respectively. Quoting the OCN official, Bhaskar’s report stated that the drug dealer’s source told them that Arjun Rampal would bring drugs to Shah Rukh Khan’s home.
Prior to this, big Bollywood names like Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet Singh and Deepika’s manager Karishma Prakash emerged at the nexus between Bollywood and drugs. Last month during questioning, NCB officials had confronted Deepika Padukone with digital evidence collected from Jaya Saha’s phone that showed the actor’s talks about obtaining ‘maal’ for her. However, according to a report, Deepika had claimed that by ‘Maal’ she was referring to cigarettes and ‘Hash’ was referring to different brands of cigarettes.
