WEB DESK
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) will record the statement of Sushant Singh Rajput’s cook today in connection with a drugs probe linked to the actor’s death.
Officials said, the cook, Dipesh Sawant, has been made to join the investigation. His role is that of a witness and he will be questioned and his statement will be recorded by the agency.
The federal anti-narcotics agency yesterday arrested Showik Chakraborty, the brother of prime accused Rhea Chakraborty and Samuel Miranda, Rajput’s House Manager under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The two will be produced before a local court today.
Various angles surrounding the death of the 34-year-old actor are being probed by three federal agencies, including the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation.
The NCB has arrested a total of five people in this case till now, the others being Zaid Vilatra, Abdel Basit Parihar and Kaizan Ibrahim. Both Showik and Miranda have been named as accused by the ED and the CBI in the FIRs registered by them in Rajput’s death case.