Live coverage of the Sushant Singh Rajput case: In a major event, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said Wednesday that it summoned Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, Rakul Preeet Singh and the designer of Simone Khambatta fashion for questioning in a drug-related case. An official said the actors were summoned after several alleged talks of them discussing drugs came to light during the investigation.
A senior NCB official related to the investigation told IANS: “Subpoenas have been issued to Deepika, Sara, Shraddha and Rakul for questioning.” In addition to four Bollywood actors, the NCB also summoned fashion designer Simone for questioning. Rakul, Simone and Sushant Singh Rajput’s former manager Shruti Modi were questioned by the NCB on Thursday.
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Deepika Padukone is expected to arrive in Bombay at 2pm on Thursday. She is currently in Goa for the shooting of a movie, which has now stopped production. It is said that she will take a chartered flight from Goa in order to reach the city of Mumbai and report to the NCB on Friday.
#NewsAlert – Actress Deepika Padukone will depart for Mumbai from Goa at 2pm today.@imvivekgupta Goa airport reports.
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The NCB has clarified that it had issued a summons to Rakul Preet Singh on Wednesday to appear before her on Thursday but has yet to respond. Meanwhile, her team has said that it received no subpoenas in Mumbai or Hyderabad in the ongoing drug investigation.
A subpoena was sent to Rakul Preet Singh yesterday. We tried to contact her through various platforms, but she has not responded yet: Narcotics Control Office (NCB) https://t.co/K7OxDkKiJS
– ANI (@ANI) September 24, 2020
Rhea and Showik Chakraborty’s bail hearing will be held in Bombay High Court on Thursday. They were taken into judicial custody until October 6. On her bond, Rhea has stated that increased custody will affect her mental health and well-being. She was first taken into custody on September 9 and her bond was first rejected on September 11.
View images as fashion designer Simone Khambatta arrives at NCB’s Mumbai office to join the ongoing drug investigation. Apparently her ‘drug talks’ have come to the fore during the investigation into the drugs angle in the Sushant Singh Rajput case.
Mumbai – Fashion designer Simone Khambatta arrives at the Office of Narcotics Control Office (NCB) for questioning regarding a drug case. pic.twitter.com/UJSHidmaLc
– ANI (@ANI) September 24, 2020
Sources have revealed to CNN News18 that Deepika Padukone is having discussions with her team of attorneys on how to respond to the NCB subpoena in the ongoing drug investigation. She had gone to Goa for a movie shoot, but now she has canceled all the work and is likely to arrive in Mumbai this afternoon. NCB calls her on Friday.
#NewsAlert – Deepika Padukone still in consultation with her attorneys. Likely to depart for Mumbai from Goa today at 2pm: Sources. #BollywoodDrugLink pic.twitter.com/5al3YCHPxh
– CNNNews18 (@ CNNnews18) September 24, 2020
Rakul Preet Singh’s team has said that it has not received a subpoena from NCB in the ongoing drug investigation in Mumbai or Hyderabad, where it is currently shooting a movie. Therefore, it is unlikely that you will join the investigation today. Meanwhile, fashion designer Simone Khambatta has joined NCB’s Mumbai office in response to their call.
#NewsAlert – Actress Rakul Preet Singh in Hyderabad; Unlikely to join the inquiry today: Sources.@shilparathnam share details with @vandanaseb.#BollywoodDrugLink pic.twitter.com/pPRM3ZKkuN
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Bollywood actresses who have been summoned by the NCB in the ongoing drug investigation in the Sushant Singh Rajput case are said to seek the advice of their lawyers before appearing before the authorities. Rakul Preet Singh is called up by NCB on Thursday, followed by Deepika Padukone on Friday and Sara Ali Khan and Shraddha Kapoor on Saturday.
#EXCLUSIVE – Conduction through a tube in the Bollywood-Drug Angle case. The subpoena does not make anyone a defendant: NCB Top Sources.@shilparathnam AND @ Zebaism share more details with @vandanaseb.
(Original entry: @manojkumargupta)#BollywoodDrugLink pic.twitter.com/BWRRs3WVPc
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Akali Dal spokesperson Manjinder Singh Sirsa has justified the call for Bollywood actresses Sara Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh in the drug investigation. He says there should be no different criteria for a normal citizen and a top-notch movie star.
#BollywoodDrugLink – This is a great nexus and everyone will be exposed, if the Mumbai police had done their job a year ago when I posted that video. This drug cartel would have been behind bars and Sushant Singh Rajput would have been alive: @mssirsa He says @vandanaseb. pic.twitter.com/KUzr0dtSjI
– CNNNews18 (@ CNNnews18) September 24, 2020
After receiving the summons from NCB to appear before her for questioning in the ongoing drug investigation, we learn that Deepika Padukone, who was in Goa for the filming of her next movie, has now canceled all work and is looking for the advice of his lawyers before. she appears before authorities on Friday.
On Wednesday, Sushant Singh Rajput’s Talent Director Jaya Saha was questioned by the NCB for the third day in a row. Based on his alleged ‘drug talks’, producer Madhu Mantena was summoned and later confronted with Jaya during his questioning. Federal agency NCB is investigating a drug nexus in Bollywood.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had subpoenaed Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet Singh, Shraddha Kapoor and fashion designer Simone Khambatta on Wednesday night in the ongoing drug investigation in the Sushant Singh case. Rajput. Apparently his ‘drug talk’ came up during the investigation.
#NewsAlert – Actress Rakul Preet Singh will appear today before NCB. Deepika Padukone has been summoned tomorrow.
Sara Ali Khan and Shraddha Kapoor will be questioned on September 26.@shilparathnam AND @ Zebaism share more details with @vandanaseb.#BollywoodDrugLink pic.twitter.com/GV3w0UkTEi
– CNNNews18 (@ CNNnews18) September 24, 2020
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