The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) investigating the angle of drugs in the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, arrested another Bandra resident, Basit Parihar, based on the questioning of Zaid Vilatra on Thursday night. NCB sources said the two had revealed the names of Sushant Singh Rajput’s home manager, Samuel Miranda, and Rhea Chakraborty’s brother, Showik. NCB officials conducted searches at their residences on Friday morning and the two were summoned for an investigation at the NCB office in South Mumbai.
A senior IPS official from NCB confirmed the fact and said: “Parihar was arrested late at night and we will present him before a magistrates court in the afternoon.” “Some evidence has been collected from Miranda and Showik’s house during the searches carried out. But the investigation is in a very preliminary stage and at the moment no details of the evidence gathered at her residence can be revealed, “said the officer.
Zaid Vilatra was arrested on Thursday and was presented in court and detained in police custody until 9 September. Zaid and Basit were removed from questioning on Wednesday for their alleged role in drug trafficking.
NCB officials said they had been questioning Vilatra and Parihar, and recovered Indian currency Rs 955,750, foreign currency US $ 2,081, 180 British pounds and 15 dirhams from Vilatra’s possession and during the investigation, confessed that those were the income from drug trafficking, he added. NCB officials.
While NCB had registered a case for the death of Rajput, the current investigation is the result of a separate case that had been registered by NCB. NCB had registered a case based on specific information and had arrested two people, Abbas Lakhani and Karn Arora, and seized cured marijuana from their possession.
During its questioning, NCB found Abbas Lakhani’s ties to Bandra resident Vilatra, who told officials that he has a restaurant in Bandra (West) that lost business during the shutdown, so he began selling drugs with the you made a substantial amount of money.
Vilatra revealed that he was in contact with another Bandra resident, Basit Parihar. NCB questioned Parihar and discovered that he was in contact with Rhea Chakraborty’s brother, Showik. Showik had allegedly used conversations with Parihar about drug use and acquisition.
An analysis of Showik’s chats revealed that on March 17, 2020, he had shared Vilatra’s contact number with Samuel Miranda and asked him to pay him 10,000 rupees for 5g. Since then, Samuel Miranda had contacted Vilatra for the first time at Showik’s urging, NCB officials said.
But before Samuel called, Parihar had called Vilatra. Samuel had called Vilatra three times, NCB officials said. During questioning, Vilatra revealed that he was paid 10,000 rupees in cash and handed over 5 g to two people. The location analysis reveals that on March 17, 2020, Vilatra and Samuel Miranda were at the same location, NCB officials added.
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