New Delhi, September 15 : In a recent revelation in the ongoing drug case, the Narcotics Control Bureau has confirmed that Rhea Chakraborty had named actresses Sara Ali Khan and Rakul Preet Singh in her statement pertaining to a drug angle that came to light in the Sushant Singh Rajput case.
According to the latest reports, the central agency is all set to send out summons to both actresses and fashion designer Simone Khambatta on Tuesday and is ‘likely’ to call them in for questioning by the end of this week. All three are expected to join the investigation by Thursday, it was reported.
Three suspected drug peddlers,arrested in the probe related to drug angle in the actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case, were on Monday remanded to NCB custody till September 16 by a court. On Sunday, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had arrested six more persons, taking the count of people held so far in the case to 16.
These half a dozen accused were identified by the agency as Karamjeet Singh Anand, Dwayne Fernandes, Sanket Patel, Ankush Anreja, Sandeep Gupta and Aftab Fateh Ansari. They were on Monday produced before a magistrate court which remanded three of them – Anand, Anreja and Patel – to NCB custody till September 16 and sent the rest to jail under 14-day judicial remand.
While praying for their custody, the NCB told the court that Anand appears to be a “major player” in “drug syndicate active in Bollywood and high society”. He is not cooperating with the investigation and vital information related to the case is yet to be disclosed by him, the apex drug law enforcement agency said.
It further argued that Anreja was directly connected with another accused, Anuj Keshwani, from whom commercial quantities of narcotics had been seized. It is necessary to interrogate Anreja to find out to whom he was delivering contraband in Bollywood, the probe agency told the court.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the NCB is probing the drug case in which actress Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik, Rajput’s manager Samuel Miranda, domestic help Dipesh Sawant and others have been arrested.They are currently in judicial custody. (Source : Times of India)
