Court custody of Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik in a drug case related to the death of Sushant Singh Rajput was extended until October 20 by a Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) court in Mumbai on Tuesday. In addition to the Chakraborty brothers, custody of 18 other people detained by the Narcotics Control Office (NCB) in the case has also been expanded.
After the WhatsApp chats about drug use surfaced, the NCB arrested Rhea Chakraborty and her brother for acquiring and financing Rajput drugs on their instructions. “The actress was involved in illicit drug trafficking and financed drugs for Sushant Singh Rajput,” NCB stated. With similar accusations against their brother, they were slapped under the strict conditions of the NDPS law.
The bail requests were previously rejected on September 11 by the NDPS court citing the possibility that the actor may alert others if he is released on bail and that could lead to contamination of the evidence. However, Chakraborty maintains that she is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the case in which the NCB coerced her into making “self-incriminating” confessions.
The verdict of the 28-year-old actress and her brother’s bail statement has been reserved, but the date on which it will be pronounced is not yet known. The central agency, which is investigating the drug angle in Rajput’s death, does not want Rhea and her brother released to send a strong message to youth against drug use.
Chakrabortys defense attorney Satish Maneshinde has told the court that the Rajput was not short of funds. His house manager, Samuel Miranda, used to take care of “all” the household expenses, so Rhea has no role in financing the deceased actor’s drug purchases.
The 34-year-old actor was found dead in his apartment in Mumbai’s Bandra on June 14. Apart from NCB, the Rajput death case is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) is investigating the alleged angle of money laundering.
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