Statements by actors Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor and Karishma Prakash have been recorded, Mutha Ashok Jain, DDG, Bureau of Narcotics Control (NCB) said on Saturday. She said that no one has been summoned again as of now.
Deepika had reportedly broken three times during her questioning by NCB on Saturday. The actor, along with his classmates Sara Ali Khan and Shraddha Kapoor, was questioned by NCB in connection with the alleged drug use in Bollywood.
Deepika, who was in Goa for the filming of her next movie with Shakun Batra, flew back to Mumbai after being summoned by NCB. The actor was the first of the three actors to arrive at NCB’s office in Colaba. He arrived around 9:45 a.m. and reportedly left the scene at 3:30 p.m.
According to a report by India Today, the Bajirao Mastani actor broke down three times during questioning. NCB officials asked him not to play the “emotional card.” The actress accepted the WhatsApp chats with her manager Karishma Prakash, but denied having used narcotic substances. Deepika was confronted with Karishma during questioning, sources said.
Sara and Shraddha have also denied using drugs during their interrogation session with NCB officials. The statements of the three actors were recorded in the drug investigation linked to the death of Sushant Singh Rajput and an alleged link between Bollywood and drugs.
The NCB also arrested producer Kshitij Ravi Prasad in the drug case related to Sushant’s death on Saturday. An NCB team had picked him up from his residence in suburban Versova on Friday morning and questioned him throughout the day at the Ballard Estate office. So far, the agency has arrested at least 18 people in these cases.
While Sara and Shraddha were questioned at the NCB’s zonal office on the Ballard Estate, Deepika was questioned at a guest house in Colaba, an official from the central agency said. Shraddha arrived at the NCB office around 12 pm and left after six hours, while Sara arrived around 1 pm and left around 5:30 pm.
(With PTI inputs)
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