Rhea got drugs for Sushant through brother: NCB

September 25, 2020 17:23

Rhea Chakraborty used to procure drugs through her brother Showik and supply them to her boyfriend and actor Sushant Singh Rajput, a Narcotics Control Bureau officer said in Mumbai on Friday. The probe into drugs angle of the Rajput death case led the bureau to the discovery of several "linkages" or drug supply networks, he said.

The NCB is probing the drugs case related to Rajput's death as well as an alleged nexus between Bollywood and drug peddlers. Showik Chakraborty's name came up during the interrogation of alleged drug peddler Basit Parihar, a resident of suburban Bandra, the official said.

Parihar allegedly revealed that he used to procure `bud' (a curated form of marijuana) and weed for his friend Showik. During questioning, Showik accepted that he used to procure weed and bud through Parihar and Kaizan Ebrahim and pass them to his sister Rhea who gave it to Sushant, the official said.

Rajput's manager Samuel Miranda and cook Dipesh Sawant used to collect the contraband and make `joints' (marijuana cigarettes) for the deceased actor, he claimed.

The starting point of the entire probe was some WhatsApp chats about drugs that the Enforcement Directorate came across in its money laundering probe against Rhea and her family. The ED informed the NCB about these conversations.

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