Rhea Chakraborty, who will spend the night in NCB lockup, will be sent to jail on Wednesday morning by 10 am. Rhea was produced before the magistrate late on Tuesday evening, wherein the NCB sought her judicial custody.
In a recent development, Narcotics Control Bureau has been granted 14 days judicial custody of prime accused in Sushant Singh Rajput case, Rhea Chakraborty.
Rhea, who will spend the night in NCB lockup, will be sent to jail on Wednesday morning by 10 am. The Bollywood actress was produced before the magistrate late on Tuesday evening, wherein the NCB sought her judicial custody.
Rhea`s arrest came three days after her brother Showik Chakraborty, Sushant`s home manager Samuel Miranda, and his house helper Dipesh Sawant were arrested and sent in NCB custody till September 9 (Wednesday), besides two other drug peddlers Abdel Basit Parihar and Zaid Vilatra, who are also in NCB custody.
The NCB had earlier said that with these arrests, it hopes to "uproot the drugs citadel in Bollywood and Mumbai" amidst talk of several other Bollywood personalities coming on the agency`s radar.
Earlier, Rhea was grilled multiple times by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate, and previously even questioned by the Mumbai Police, but was finally arrested by the NCB, nearly 11 weeks after Sushant was found dead in his Bandra home.
The NCB had interrogated Rhea for six hours on Sunday, eight hours on Monday, and around five hours on Tuesday before her eventual arrest.
Earlier, Mutha Ashok Jain, Deputy Director General (DG), South-Western Region, NCB told reporters that NCB did not recover any contraband from her. He had also mentioned that they would not seek her remand and will ask for a judicial custody since whatever the bureau had to 'cross' with her , they already had.
Jain added, "We will oppose bail to her. We are only seeking judicial custody but we don`t support the bail. Rhea was sent for a routine medical check-up. She tested negative for COVID-19. Whatever she told was sufficient for the arrest. We have arrested her, it means we had enough."
Chakraborty is the ninth person arrested in the ongoing case by the NCB. Earlier in the day, she reached NCB office in Mumbai for the third consecutive day for interrogation. Her brother Showik and associate Samuel Miranda have also been arrested in the same case. Both of them have been sent to the NCB custody till September 9.
(With input from Agencies; Photo courtesy: Viral Bhayani)
1. Rhea sent to 14 days judicial custody
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In a drug case linked with actor Sushant Singh Rajput`s death, Rhea has been sent to 14-day judicial custody on Tuesday after her bail plea was rejected by the court. Chakraborty appeared before the Magistrate via video conference from NCB office in Mumbai.In its remand application of Chakraborty, NCB stated that she is an active member of a "drug syndicate" and used to manage finance for drug procurement along with the late actor. NCB said that Chakraborty`s disclosure/statement had made it clear that she is an active member of a "drug syndicate" connected with drug supplies.
2. Rhea arrested
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On Tuesday, after days of intense speculation and three days of tough grilling, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty in connection with its ongoing probe to unravel the drugs nexus in the film industry. Rhea has been charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act for her alleged role in the drugs angle that has emerged during investigation into the June 14 death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
3. Rhea's medical test conducted
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Rhea, who has all along pleaded innocence, was quicklywhisked away for a mandatory medical test at the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation`s LTMG Sion Hospital. She tested negative for COVID-19.
4. Rhea confess to procuring drugs for SSR
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Earlier, actor Rhea Chakraborty confessed before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) that she used to smoke cigarettes filled with marijuana (ganja) with her actor boyfriend. According to a report in Zee News, during the investigation, Rhea told the NCB that she used to smoke drug-filled cigarettes with late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Rhea also claimed during interrogation that Sushant was consuming drugs since 2016.
5. Rhea files FIR against SSR's sister
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Rhea's much-anticipated arrest came a day after she took time out -- at the height of the NCB interrogation sessions -- to hit back at the late actor's family by lodging a police complaint against Sushant's sister Priyanka Singh and Dr Tarun Kumar of RML Hospital in New Delhi and others, alleging forged medical prescriptions.
A Mumbai Police spokesperson said that the complaint has been lodged with Bandra Police under the Indian Penal Code and the NDPS Act, and in line with the Supreme Court orders, the case has been transferred to the CBI for investigation.
