In a massive event, Kshitij Ravi Prasad, an associate of Dharma Productions, who has been named in the Bollywood drug case, was questioned again by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official Sameer Wankhede on Saturday, after of which he was arrested. According to sources, Kshitij has revealed the names of five Bollywood celebrities and two producers during questioning so far.
The Dharma associate was named by an alleged drug dealer Ankush Arneja, as well as by actor Rakul Preet Singh in his confessions to the agency. Rakul named him for supplying drugs to his close associates in Bollywood. Kshitij was detained following raids on his Versova residence, where drugs were seized.
Meanwhile, another Dharma Productions associate, Anubhav Chopra, has not received a clean note from the NCB and will be summoned again on Saturday, following his questioning past midnight the day before. Anubhav Chopra was subpoenaed by the agency after Kshitij was picked up from his residence.
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Rakul Preet admits medications supplied by Dharma associates
Actor Rakul Preet Singh, on his admission to the NCB on Friday in the ongoing Bollywood drug investigation, has named four lead actors and Kshitij in his statement. Rakul Preet has denied using drugs, but has admitted that Kshitij Ravi Prasad was involved in some activities, sources said.
Rakul has also given NCB various details, after which KPS Malhotra questioned Kshitij at NCB’s zonal office in Mumbai. Additionally, Rakul Preet has claimed that Kshitij Prasad had approached her to work as her conduit. He also confessed that Rhea Chakraborty would be delivered drugs at her home and that the contraband seized from her residence belonged to Rhea.
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Drugs seized from Kshitij’s residence
Kshitij Ravi Prasad was picked up from his Versova residence on Friday after the agency conducted raids there. Marijuana has been seized from the Kshitij site during searches. Kshitij had landed just hours earlier in Mumbai from Delhi, where he was on Thursday when the summons was issued. His home was also raided by agency officials on Thursday. The alleged street vendor Ankush Arneja had confessed to the agency many times that Kshitij bought drugs from him.
Karan Johar, meanwhile, had distanced himself and Dharma Productions from Kshitij and Anubhav, claiming that they were not full-time employees, that he did not know them personally, and that he was not concerned about what they did on his personal time. He also refuted drug use himself. On Kshitij specifically, Karan Johar said: “Kshitij Ravi Prasad joined Dharmatic Entertainment (sister company of Dharma Productions) in November 2019 as one of the executive producers under contract for a project that ultimately did not materialize.”
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