The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) issued a notice to filmmaker Karan Johar on Thursday, requesting details about a video of a 2019 party hosted by him. The NCB issued the notice after politician Manjinder Singh Sirsa filed a complaint, who provided the investigating agency with the video in question.
Sirsa has been at the forefront of the conspiracy theory that drugs were used at the party, which was attended by the likes of Vicky Kaushal, Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor, and others. In response to the news of NCB’s notice, he wrote on Twitter: “Get ready for Koffee with NCB Karan Johar.”
In September, Sirsa met with the head of NCB, Rakesh Asthana, and asked him to launch an investigation into the video. The NCB is investigating the angle of drugs in the death case of Sushant Singh Rajput. Speaking to reporters the same month, Mutha Ashok Jain, NCB’s deputy general manager, said the video had nothing to do with Sushant’s case.
Statement from Karan Johar on the party video
After the allegations resurfaced amid the furor surrounding Sushant’s death, Karan released a statement in which she said: “Certain news channels, print / electronic media, and social media platforms are misreporting and misleading that They used narcotics at a party that I, Karan Johar, hosted on July 28, 2019 at my residence. I had already clarified my position in 2019 that the allegations were false. “
Karan Johar further added: “In view of the current malicious campaign, I reiterate that the allegations are completely unfounded and false. No narcotic substance was used at the party ”.
Unfounded Drug Party Accusations: Karan Johar
Karan had previously clarified that no one was taking drugs at her party. “There were successful members of the industry who were having a quiet night after a hard work week, having a good time. I took that video with all seriousness … I would be taking that video if there was something happening, I’m not stupid, “he had said in the interview with Rajeev Masand in August 2019.
“My mother, 5 minutes before this video, was sitting with us. It was that kind of happy, social, family gathering where friends were sitting and having a good time and we were listening to music, eating well and having good conversational energy there. Nothing else happened, “he added.
Calling the allegations “unfounded,” he said that while he has remained silent until now, he would be forced to take the “legal route” if the allegations continue.
Also read: Vicky Kaushal on Karan Johar’s party: ‘I had no idea that I had become the country’s charsi’
Didn’t know that scratching your nose means drugs: Vicky Kaushal
At the India Today Conclave in 2019, Vicky expressed her disbelief at the controversy the video had caused. Vicky said: “Karan called us all, we are relaxing. Three days before this, I had just recovered from dengue. I was sitting at home for 10 days and the doctors told me, ‘You could shoot again. Five minutes before the video was made, Karan’s mother was there, to give us gangaajal since she had returned from some trip ”.
He went on to say that Karan had also tried to record the video before. “It wasn’t the first take; I had tried to make this video four times. Karan Johar even pouted when she was filming it. For the first video, we were all like ‘hey’, and for the fourth, we were like done. That nose scratch is a normal thing, I didn’t know it meant drugs. My expression was perfect. That reflex was also caught, ”he said, referring to scratching his nose, which was seen as ‘proof’ of drug use.
Several Bollywood personalities came under the NCB scanner during the investigation of the alleged drug nexus in the film industry. Actors Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet Singh, Shraddha Kapoor and Arjun Rampal have been questioned by the agency, while comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa were arrested and subsequently released on bail. Sushant’s girlfriend, Rhea Chakraborty, spent nearly a month in prison after she was arrested for allegedly buying her marijuana.
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