Shibani Dandekar has once again expressed her support for her friend, Rhea Chakraborty, who is the main defendant in the murder case of Sushant Singh Rajput. Rhea was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday for allegedly acquiring drugs for Sushant and is currently in the Byculla jail.
In a new Instagram post, Shibani shared a photo of Rhea and demanded her release. “#ReleaseRhea #justiceforrhea,” read the caption. Comments on the post have been limited.
Rhea was arrested by the NCB on Tuesday afternoon, three days after her younger brother Showik Chakraborty was also arrested by the central agency. The arrests were made under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act while investigating the drugs angle in the Sushant case.
A special court in Mumbai reserved its decision after hearing bail statements from Showik and Rhea on Thursday. The court will deliver its verdict on the bail requests on Friday.
Previously, Rhea’s lawyer, Satish Maneshinde, called her arrest a ‘parody of justice’ and told ANI: “Three central agencies harass a single woman just because she was in love with a drug addict who suffered from mental health problems during several years and died by suicide due to drug use, illegally administered drugs ”.
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Rhea is also under investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in Sushant’s case. She has denied the charges of complicity in suicide and embezzlement.
Shibani, who has known Rhea for over a decade, has been fighting for her. Early Thursday, Shibani attacked Sushant’s ex-girlfriend, Ankita Lokhande, calling her a “princess of the patriarchy” and accusing her of wanting “two seconds of fame.”
Shibani was responding to Ankita’s open letter on Wednesday night, in which she hinted that Rea was careless and irresponsible. “On the one hand, she says that she was coordinating with all the doctors to improve her health at the request of SSR, and on the other hand, she was coordinating the logistics of medicines for her. Would someone who claims to have loved someone so deeply allow the other person to use drugs claiming to know their mental state and condition? Ankita questioned.
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