AMN / Mumbai
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) today arrested Sushant Singh Rajput’s girlfriend Rhea Chakrabortyin connection with drugs- related allegations in the actor’s death case, an NCB official told media.
Rhea was arrested after three days of questioning in the case, the official said.
Rhea, 28, had earlier denied consuming drugs. Her brother Showik Chakraborty was arrested last week in the case.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Chakraborty is the eighth person to be arrested in connection with the case
- Her brother Showik, Sushant’s help Deepesh Sawant and house manager Samuel Miranda are among the others arrested
- She had earlier in the day gone to the NCB office in Mumbai for further interrogation for the third consecutive day
Chakraborty is the eighth person to be arrested in connection with the case. Her brother Showik, Sushant’s help Deepesh Sawant and house manager Samuel Miranda are among the others arrested.
“Travesty of justice. Three central agencies hounding a single woman just because she was in love with a drug addict who was suffering from mental health issues for several years and committed suicide due to consumption of illegally administered medicines, drugs,” Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer said after her arrest.
“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… We did not recover any contraband… We will oppose bail to her. We are only seeking judicial custody but we don’t support the bail. We aren’t asking for her custody remand as whatever we wanted to cross with her, we’ve done already,” Mutha Ashok Jain, Deputy DG, South-Western Region, NCB, told reporters in Mumbai.