Meanwhile, the 28-year-old actress’ brother, Showik Chakraborty, is likely to be summoned by the NCB (Narcotics Control Bureau) this week, Times Now quoted sources as saying. According to Times Now, the NCB has uncovered ‘deleted evidence’ which establishes a link between Showik and the drug peddlers.
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Earlier on Tuesday, Times Now had accessed the WhatsApp chats between Showik and a drug peddler where the former can be seen asking the latter for some ‘boom’ for his ‘dad’, Indrajit.
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In another development, four drug suppliers have come under the NCB lens. The Narcotics Bureau has already nabbed one drug peddler and the hunt for three others continues, Times Now reports.
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According to the news agency PTI, the arrested man has been identified by the federal anti-narcotics agency as Zaid Vilatra. Indian currency worth Rs 9,55,750 and foreign currency (USD 2,081, 180 British Pounds, 15 dirhams), which the NCB claimed are "proceeds of drug peddling", have been recovered from him.
"Zaid disclosed that he runs an eatery in Bandra which was not giving any pecuniary gains since lockdown. He also disclosed that he is into drug peddling especially bud, through which he used to earn a substantial amount of money," the NCB said.
According to the NCB, the best quality of bud is sold for about Rs 5,000 per gram.
The agency has also detained a Bandra resident identified as Basit Parihar after interrogating Zaid.
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Parihar is "learnt to have linkages" with the narcotics case registered against Rajput's live-in partner, Chakraborty, 28, and others.
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The NCB had sprung into action after the Enforcement Director (ED) shared evidence of Rhea Chakraborty’s WhatsApp chats with the agency, which allegedly contained references to banned drugs.
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So far, the ED (Enforcement Directorate) has grilled the actress twice, following an FIR registered by Rajput's father KK Singh at the Patna police station on July 25. Her father Indrajit, mother Sandhya, brother Showik, Rajput’s manager Samuel Miranda and Shruti Modi, and unknown persons have also been named in the Bihar Police FIR, and accused of cheating and abetting the actor’s suicide.
On August 19, the Supreme Court had ordered a CBI probe and dismissed Chakraborty's plea seeking transfer of the FIR from Patna to Mumbai. The CBI team had arrived in Mumbai on August 20, and has since questioned Rajput's flatmate Siddharth Pithani, cook Neeraj Singh and caretaker Dipesh Sawant.
(With inputs from PTI)
Bidding Farewell To Sushant Singh Rajput - An Actor & A Technopreneur
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Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide shocked everyone. The Mumbai police reported on Sunday that he was found hanging his Bandra apartment.
The 34-year-old actor was known for his remarkable journey from the small screen to big banner movies despite several controversies.
Here's a look at his journey from a new entrant to being a superstar and a technopreneur.
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Throughout his acting career, Sushant was often linked-up with his former co-star Kriti Sanon. The link-up rumours began after the two starred together in the 2016 film 'Raabta'. Sushant and Kriti, soon, joined the list of Bollywood's rumoured lovebirds.
Kriti Sanon even went on record and said that she is fond of Sushant. Soon, in 2018, rumours of the couple taking a break from each other spread like wildfire.
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Talking about his involvement, says Sushant, "I have always loved boxing and have been a big fan of Sylvester Stallone's Rocky series. I couldn't think of a better way to be associated with the sport that I love. It was high time that something of this scale happened in India and now that it is happening ,I'm really excited about this venture."
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