Three Bollywood actors, together with Deepika Padukone, have been questioned by the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) on Saturday as a part of its investigation right into a drug case associated to the dying of Sushant Singh Rajput in June this 12 months, officers mentioned.
Deepika Padukone is one in all greater than a dozen folks from Bollywood who’ve been questioned by the company prior to now two weeks. She had joined the probe within the morning.
WATCH | Deepika, Shraddha, Sara at NCB workplace for questioning in medicine case
The anti-drugs company arrested Rhea Chakraborty on September eight for the allegedly procuring medicine for Rajput. Her brother Showik has additionally been arrested together with dozens of others. Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai residence on June 14.
Right here’s what we all know thus far:
Deepika Padukone
Padukone was the first to arrive at NCB’s Particular Investigation Group’s (SIT) workplace in Mumbai’s Ballard Property space. She arrived at 9.50am after receiving a summons earlier within the week whereas capturing a film in Goa.
Shraddha Kapoor
Shraddha Kapoor reached the NCB’s zonal workplace round 12pm to report her assertion within the medicine probe linked to Rajput’s dying. The NCB probe workforce is recording her assertion concerning the medicine case associated to Rajput’s dying and Bollywood medicine nexus as effectively.
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Her title cropped up throughout the interrogation of those that have been earlier summoned by the probe workforce. Shraddha Kapoor had labored with Rajput.
Sara Ali Khan
She reached NCB’s zonal workplace round 1pm. Her title cropped up throughout the questioning of Rhea Chakraborty, who has been arrested by NCB within the medicine case together with over a dozen others, officers mentioned.
Sara was Rajput’s co-star in “Kedarnath” movie.
Karishma Prakash
KWAN expertise administration company’s Karishma Prakash can also be being interrogated and confronted with Padukone on their particular person statements within the matter. Prakash, an worker at KWAN, has additionally been questioned prior to now.
Prakash arrived for questioning quickly after Padukone reached the NCB visitor home. She was questioned for round seven hours on Friday. “Prakash reached the NCB visitor home simply earlier than 11am,” an official mentioned, in line with information company PTI.
PTI cited sources as saying that Prakash’s WhatsApp chats included conversations about medicine with one ‘D’ and the central company needed to seek out out who this individual was.
Different who’ve been questioned
NCB had on Wednesday summoned Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shradha Kapoor, Rakulpreet Singh, designer Simone Khambatta and superstar supervisor Shruti Modi within the matter. KWAN CEO Dhruv Chitgopekar was additionally questioned within the case earlier this week.
Rakul Preet Singh recorded her statement on Friday. She was questioned for about 4 hours. Dharma Productions’ govt producer Kshitij Ravi was additionally questioned by the NCB on Friday.
The NCB workforce additionally received essential details about the case throughout the questioning of Rajput’s expertise supervisor Jaya Saha, reviews have mentioned. Shruti Modi, the previous enterprise supervisor of actor Rajput, has additionally been questioned by the NCB within the case prior to now as effectively.
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The case is being probed by the three central businesses — the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate, and NCB. All of the businesses are exploring totally different angles associated to the case.
NCB began its investigation after it obtained official communication from the Enforcement Directorate (ED), through which there have been varied chats associated to drug consumption, procurement, utilization and transportation.
ED had registered an Enforcement Case Data Report within the actor’s dying case on July 31 after an FIR was filed by Rajput’s father KK Singh in opposition to Rhea Chakraborty in Bihar on July 28. The FIR lodged by Patna Police was later transferred to CBI.
(With company inputs)