In a sensational update on the Bollywood drug investigation underway by the Office of Narcotics Control, Deepika Padukone’s name comes up in one of the WhatsApp chats where the actor is allegedly asking for ‘maal, hash’ of a certain person ‘ K ‘. Meanwhile, Deepika’s manager Karishma Prakash has been summoned by NCB for questioning.
After Rhea Chakraborty’s talent manager, Jaya Saha’s name appeared in some text messages with Rhea, there are now two more names in the spotlight indicating a possible link between Bollywood and Drugs. Republic Media Network accessed the WhatsApp chats of two of Bollywood’s top actresses, ‘D’ and ‘K’, who were part of the WhatsApp group with Jaya Saha and were discussing drugs. Now ‘D’ is confirmed to be Deepika Padukone.
The chats accessed are from October 2017 and show Deepika asking for “bad” from ‘K’ who replies that she has it, but at home. Also, ‘K’ says that he can ask ‘Amit’ if he wants it, since “he carries it.” Deepika also clarifies that she needs “Hash” and not “weed” as the two discuss the logistics.
READ | Jaya Saha’s conversations with actress ‘D’, ‘K’ talking about ‘hash’ accessed
Here is the text of the conversation from October 28, 2017:
At 10:03 AM, (+ 91-992 ——-) ‘D’ writes: K … Maal do you have?
At 10:05 AM, (+ 91-961 ——-) ‘K’ writes: I have but at home. I’m in Bandra …
At 10:05, K writes: May I ask Amit if you want
At 10:07, Deepika writes: Yes !! Pllleeeeasssee
At 10:08, K writes: Amit has. Takes it
At 10:12, Deepika writes: Hash na?
At 10:12, Deepika writes: No marijuana
At 10:14, K writes: What time are you coming to Koko?
At 10:15 AM: Deepika writes: 1130 / 12ish
At 10:15: Deepika writes: Until what time is Shal there?
K writes: I think he said 11:30 because he needs to do it in the other place at 12
READ | NCB Convenes Deepika Padukone Manager Karishma Prakash in Bollywood Drug Investigation
In particular, in relation to the narcotics angle, Jaya Saha’s name had also appeared in some text messages with Rhea Chakraborty in which there had been a discussion about putting “four drops” of some substance in someone’s drink. . The message, supposedly sent at the end of 2019, reads: “Use 4 drops in tea, let it drink…. Wait between 30 and 40 minutes for it to activate ”. It was later discovered that the duo were discussing a banned drug: CBD oil.
Earlier, Shruti Modi and Saha’s statements were recorded by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is separately investigating the actor’s death case.
READ | NCB Seeks Custody of Showik Chakraborty and Dipesh Sawant in Drug Investigation: Sources
NCB Research on Bollywood and Drugs
There are at least two angles running together in terms of the NCB investigation into the link between Bollywood and drugs: with respect to Sushant Singh Rajput-Rhea Chakraborty and the associated angle and with respect to Manjinder Singh Sirsa’s complaint. about a video from the 2019 Bollywood party that had come up earlier. in which many Bollywood stars were present.
Just Monday, even as Jaya Saha is being questioned by the NCB, sources also confirmed to Republic that actors Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan are likely to be summoned by the agency sometime this week. Sara Ali Khan’s name had come up in the questioning of Rhea Chakraborty, NCB had confirmed, while the possible summons of Shraddha Kapoor is a new development.
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