Rhea shifted to separate cell at Byculla jail, lodged in same barrack as Indrani Mukerjea

Actress Rhea Chakraborty who has been sent to 14-day judicial custody, has been kept in a separate prison cell room near general barracks on the ground floor of the Byculla prison. According to a Republic TV report, the barrack in which Rhea has been housed in is similar to the one Sheena Bora murder case main accused Indrani Mukerjea - who has been housed in jail since 2016. Mukerjea is also a co-conspirator in the INX media scam and has now turned approver. Rhea was reportedly sent to general barracks, but had to be shifted to a separate room due to security issues.According to the NCB, Rhea was confronted with co-accused Showik, Samuel Miranda and Dipesh Sawant. It has been alleged that she revealed her involvement in the procurement of drugs and financial transactions. 

The agency accused her of being an active member of the drug syndicate connected with drug supplies. She has been charged under Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii), 22, 27A, 28, and 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985. In the bail plea filed in the Sessions Court, it has been argued that Rhea is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. Her counsels contended that the offence was bailable citing that no drugs or psychotropic substances were seized. Claiming that Section 27A of the NDPS Act was applied without evidence, they disputed the charge that Rhea had financed the illicit traffic of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances. The petition alleged that she was interrogated on September 6, 7 and 8 in the absence of any female constable of officer, which it observed was in violation of a Supreme Court directive. Recalling that even the NCB had reportedly admitted that Rhea was cooperating with the investigation, her counsels termed her arrest as "unwarranted".