The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) summoned film producer Madhu Mantena on Wednesday along with Sushant Singh Rajput’s former talent manager Jaya Saha and his former manager Shruti Modi, for questioning in connection with the investigation related to drugs in the Bollywood actor’s death case. reported the ANI agency.
Saha has been called in for the third round of questions, while Modi will be questioned for the second time on Wednesday. The duo was first summoned on September 16, but the questioning was postponed after one of the investigative team members tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Earlier in the day, the central agency, which is investigating the drug link in Rajput’s death, had summoned the executive director of Bollywood talent agency, KWAN Agency, Dhruv Chitgopekar, confirmed NCB KPS deputy director Malhotra. . Chitgopekar arrived at the Bombay Port Trust (BPT) guest house, where OCN officials were questioning people, around 2 p.m.
Malhotra, however, denied reports that KWAN employee and actor Deepika Padukone’s manager, Karishma Prakash, was summoned by the agency. “No subpoenas have been issued to Prakash. But we will call her later this week, “he said.
The agency had previously confirmed that Bollywood actors Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet Singh and designer Simone Khambatta will also be called in to join the NCB investigation this week.
The actors will be cited under Section 67 of the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) of 1985, after Rhea Chakraborty named them while she was being questioned between Sept. 6 and Sept. 8 before being arrested, officials from the police said. NCB.
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