Dharma Productions boss Karan Johar kept quiet about the investigation of the drug-Bollywood link when Republic Media Network questioned the producer-director as he left for Mumbai from Goa on Sunday.
The 2019 Karan Johar party video is under the lens of NCB, as the agency has addressed Manjinder Singh Sirsa’s complaint about the meeting that featured Bollywood’s top actors and celebrities. In the clip, first posted by Johar on Instagram last year, actors Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor, Malaika Arora, Vicky Kaushal, Shahid Kapoor, among others, can be seen partying together. The needle of suspicion is in a particular part of the video where Vicky Kaushal appears to be ‘sniffing’ and something resembling a white pattern can be seen near him and Ayan Mukherji. While some say it is a “substance”, others say it may simply be a reflection of light.
When questioned by Republic TV about the names of Bollywood A-listers in the NCB drug investigation, Karan Johar refused to divulge anything, even when questions were constantly directed at him. This came right after the NCB received a forensic report on the video.
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कुछ ही दिनों में ये लोग नारकोटिक्स कंट्रोल ब्यूरो के दफ़्तर के बाहर लाइन में खड़े नज़र आएंगे !! अपनी ड्रग पार्टियों के कारण जेल जाने की तैयारी में!#UdtaBollywood pic.twitter.com/vAPH0zASOu– #Istandwithfarmers Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) September 14, 2020
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Karan Johar video authenticated
Republic Media Network sources reported Sunday that the forensic report of the video of the party at Karan Johar’s residence in 2019, where questions were raised, has been submitted to the NCB.
The forensic department report claims the video is authentic and has not been tampered with or edited, the sources said. A meeting will be called at the same where the OCN team led by OCN Deputy Director KPS Malhotra and DDG Mutha Ashok Jain will discuss this with OCN DG Rakesh Asthana to decide the next course of action.
This comes a day after director and producer Karan Johar quashed all claims and allegations that narcotics were used at one of the parties organized at the filmmaker’s home, calling the allegations false and without foundation. On Friday, Johar shared a lengthy statement on Instagram saying that he neither uses narcotics nor encourages people to use such substances.
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In the statement, Karan Johar stated categorically that he has not used drugs or supported their use.
Watch Republic questioning Karan Johar in the video above.
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