Sushant death case: Rhea Chakraborty arrested by Narcotics Bureau, sent to 14-day custody; model's lawyer calls it 'travesty of justice'

The NCB has questioned Rhea for three consecutive days.

SSR case: Rhea Chakraborty taken into custody by Narcotics Control Bureau
NEW DELHI: In a major development in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, the late actor's live-in partner, Rhea Chakraborty, was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday afternoon in Mumbai.

The court remanded her to 14 days of judicial custody and rejected her application for bail. Chakraborty can now move the high court.



The arrest comes after three consecutive days of questioning by the central agency which is probing a drug link in the murder of the 34-year-old actor. During the questioning, Chakraborty, who was in a relationship with Rajput at the time of his death, apparently revealed details about organising drugs for the actor and also using them at times, Times Now reported quoting sources.

On Tuesday, Chakraborty was questioned for close to five hours before the NCB finally took her into custody following the procedural paperwork. She also was taken for a medical test at Mumbai's Sion Hospital.

Reacting to the arrest, Satish Maneshinde, who represents Chakraborty, called it a 'travesty' of justice. "Three Central Agencies hounding a single woman, just because she was in love with a drug addict and was suffering from mental health issues for several years under the care of 5 leading psychiatrists in Mumbai , who ended up committing suicide due to consumption of Illegally administered medicines and used drugs" Manshinde said in a statement.

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One of Rajput's sisters, Kirti, who has been posting regular updates on social media, sent out a tweet soon after the news of the arrest came through. In her tweet, she wrote: 'God is with us'.


Rajput's 'Pavitra Rishta' co-star, Ankita Lokhande, who has been vocal in the past about actor's death probe, took to social media to share a post that read, 'Nothing happens by chance, by fate. You create your own fate by your actions. That's Karma.'.

'Justice', Lokhande captioned the post.


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The NCB has obtained mobile phone chat records and other electronic data that suggested some banned drugs were allegedly procured.

Chakraborty was earlier questioned by the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation that are probing different angles surrounding Rajput's death.

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