Drugs Case: Rakul Preet Questioned For 4 Hours, Deepika Padukone’s Turn Tomorrow

Mumbai:

Actor Rakul Preet Singh was questioned for 4 hours in Mumbai on Friday in a medicine case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s loss of life. She was to be questioned by the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) on Thursday, however it was deferred to Friday after she claimed she had not acquired “the alleged summons”.

“Rakul Preet Singh’s assertion was recorded by the SIT (particular investigation group). It is going to be analysed and produced earlier than courtroom,” NCB Director Basic Mutha Ashok Jain stated.

Actor Deepika Padukone shall be questioned tomorrow. Her supervisor, Karishma Prakash, was interrogated on Friday and she or he is prone to be known as once more at present. Karishma Prakash’s questioning went on for for much longer than Rakul Preet Singh’s, which lasted 4 hours, sources stated.

The NCB questioned Rakul Preet Singh and Karishma Prakash concerning the contents of WhatsApp chat which allegedly indicated marijuana was purchased for consumption.

The medication probe that began with actor Rhea Chakraborty’s interrogation three months after Sushant Singh Rajput was discovered lifeless at his Mumbai dwelling has widened to incorporate a number of individuals linked to Bollywood.

Assistant director Kshitij Raviprasad and Anubhav Chopra have been additionally questioned by the anti-drugs company on Friday. Kshitij Raviprasad’s dwelling was raided by investigators.

NCB sources stated Kshitij Raviprasad’s identify got here up throughout interrogation of some alleged drug-peddlers.

Whereas Rhea Chakraborty was arrested attributable to her alleged hyperlinks with drug traffickers, digital proof present in seized cellphones and laptops of different accused led to intelligence on drug commerce, which was verified subsequently, sources stated.

The NCB says its probe is aimed toward catching drug suppliers, however it’s taking a look at how these suppliers networked and who their shoppers have been.

Rhea Chakraborty has been in jail since September 9 on expenses of arranging medication for Sushant Singh Rajput. Her brother Showik Chakraborty and two workers of Sushant Singh Rajput are additionally amongst 15 arrested on the premise of 59 grams of medication discovered throughout raids in Mumbai.