With Showik’s arrest, the noose around Rhea is tightening and NCB will likely summon Rhea on Monday for questioning in connection with her brother showik’s drug deals. Showik and Samuel are likely to be booked under the NDPS law and will appear in court on Saturday.
NCB early Friday morning had conducted a search of Rhea Chakraborty’s home in Santacruz, as Showik used to stay with her and the home of Rajput manager Samuel Miranda for their alleged link to drug dealers. Both were brought to the NCB office at Ballard Pier in South Mumbai and grilled.
A five-member NCB team conducted a massive search of Rhea’s home in West Santacruz and Samuel Miranda’s home in Sahar Village early Friday morning and seized various documents, including laptops, hard drives, and a few others. digital evidence.
They are questioning Showik and Miranda’s alleged link to drug traffickers, in particular Zaid Vilatra and Kaizan Ibrahim.
Officials had come across Showik’s name on WhatsApp chats among drug traffickers. Zaid and detained suspect Kaizan Ibrahim have said they used to supply drugs to Showik, who in turn used to supply drugs to Samuel Miranda. There are also reports that Showik has used Rhea’s credit / debit card to make few payments to these drug dealers.
During the voluntary statement, the arrested defendant, Basit Parihar not only admitted to buying and selling marijuna, he said that he used to obtain drugs from the detained defendants Zaid Vilatra and Kaizan as per Showik’s instructions and was directing them to hand them over to Samuel. . “declared Basit Parihar’s request for preventive detention.
He further stated that, from various electronic statements and evidence compiled by NCB, it appears that he (Basit Parihar) is an active member of a drug syndicate related to high society personalities and drug suppliers. I used to receive and pay money through the Google payment account.
Sources said this is a clear indication of Showik’s involvement in the drug cartel and now NCB officials are confronting Showik and Samuel Miranda to corroborate what Zaid and Kaizan have told officials.
Meanwhile, another drug dealer, Basit Parihar (23), was brought before the Esplanade Metropolitan trial court and was sent into NCB custody until 9 September.
“I am surprised. These are young people from well-to-do families and how the NCB is labeling them as drug traffickers. They have been in preventive detention although nothing has been recovered from them and the sections under which they are detained are bail,” said the lawyer. Tarak Sayyed.
“Basit has come up with many names that he trafficked in drugs under and the purpose is that custody of NCB is more essential and crucial than major players in the drug syndicate may have. If custody of NCB is not granted, the investigation may be greatly hampered. NCB is investigating the drugs angle in the Sushant Singh Rajput case and therefore it is very substantive and needs to be investigated thoroughly to uproot the citadel of drugs in Mumbai, especially in Bollywood. ” , stated NCB’s return request.
On Wednesday, the OCN arrested Zaid Vilatra, a Bandra resident, and recovered Rs 10 lakhs worth of Indian and foreign currency that officials say are proceeds from drug trafficking. Zaid’s arrest came during the interrogations of two defendants, Abbas Ramzan Ali Lakhani and Karn Arora, on Saturday, from whom 59 grams of marijuna were recovered from their possession on Saturday.
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