Rhea Chakraborty’s Brother Contacted Arrested Drug Dealer: Probe Agency

Mumbai:

The Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB), which began probing the medicine angle into the Sushant Singh Rajput case final week, has drawn hyperlinks between his girlfriend and actor Rhea Chakraborty’s brother, Showik, and alleged drug seller Zaid Vilatra, who has been arrested.

Officers of the anti-narcotics company recovered from Vilatra’s possession international foreign money (USD 2,081, 180 British Pound, 15 dirhams) and Rs 9,55,750, which it stated are “proceeds of drug peddling”.

“Vilatra disclosed that he runs an eatery in Bandra, which was not giving any pecuniary good points for the reason that lockdown. He additionally disclosed that he peddles medicine, particularly bud (curated marijuana), by way of which he used to earn a considerable sum of money,” the NCB advised information company PTI.

In line with sources within the company, 20-year-old Vilatra allegedly equipped hashish to Showik Chakraborty and Mr Rajput’s home supervisor Samuel Miranda, who have been launched to every by one other intermediary Abdel Basit Parihar, 23.

Parihar is at the moment being interrogated by a staff of the Narcotics Management Bureau in Mumbai and is predicted to be arrested later within the day, a high supply within the company stated.

Mr Chakraborty and Mr Miranda are anticipated to be summoned by the Narcotics Management Bureau subsequent, the official stated, including that investigators have discovered chats between Parihar and Mr Chakraborty associated to buy and use of hashish.

“Parihar was picked up based mostly on data by Vilatra. Abbas Lakhani, who was arrested final week together with Karan Arora for allegedly trafficking medicine, led the probe staff to Vilatra,” the NCB official stated.

Some extra drug peddlers based mostly in Maharashtra, Delhi and Goa are additionally underneath the company’s scanner, they stated.

The Narcotics Management Bureau began wanting into the medicine facet of the case associated to Mr Rajput’s loss of life after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) flagged chats between Ms Chakraborty and Goa-based hotelier Gaurav Arya about banned narcotic substances, together with hashish.

In an interview with NDTV, actor Rhea Chakraborty stated she has “by no means consumed medicine in her life” and claimed she tried to cease Sushant Singh Rajput from consuming marijuana.

Sushant Singh Rajput, 34, was discovered lifeless in his condominium on June 14. Rhea Chakraborty, 28, her household and others are being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation, the ED and the NCB over Mr Rajput’s household’s allegations that she mentally harassed the actor, stole crores from his financial institution accounts and had a task in his loss of life.