The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday filed an 11,700-page chargesheet against 33 persons, including actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik, in an alleged drug smuggling case. Eight of the accused are currently in judicial custody while the rest are out on bail.
The chargesheet has been filed by the NCB’s Mumbai Zonal Unit. The case is an off-shoot of a money laundering probe initiated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) based on an FIR registered by the Patna police on July 25, 2020.
The copies will now be verified by the court before being handed over to the accused.
The NCB claimed to have found a link to Chakraborty following the arrest of alleged drug peddlers.
The NCB said Chakraborty, Rajput’s cook Dipesh Sawant, and his manager Samuel Miranda, bought drugs for the late actor on his instructions.
Among the arrested accused, the NCB has claimed to have seized a commercial quantity of contraband from Anuj Keshwani.
The others arrested in the case include two students, at least two foreign nationals including Agisilaos Demetriades, the brother of actor Arjun Rampal’s partner, and Kshitij Prasad, executive producer of Dharmatic Entertainment, the sister concern of Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions.
While most of the accused were released on bail, including Chakraborty and her brother Showik, Prasad and at least three others continue to remain in jail.
