Rhea to be produced before the court today, as her 14-day judicial custody in drug case ends

Actor Rhea Chakraborty‘s judicial custody in the narcotics angle related to the Sushant Singh Rajput drug case ends today. The actor, her brother Showik Chakraborty, and SSR’s house manager Samuel Miranda will reportedly be produced before the court virtually today. Earlier, the court had extended Rhea’s custody by rejecting her bail plea last week. Rhea and Showik have been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) under Section 27A of the NDPS Act (punishment for financing illicit traffic and hrabouring offenders). The actor and her brother continue to be at the Byculla jail currently.

Rhea was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on September 8, was remanded to 14-day judicial custody till September 22 for her alleged involvement in a drugs case linked to late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. NCB has charged for procuring drugs for Rajput. She was arrested on the basis of statements from other arrested accused in the case. The agency has so far arrested 18 people, including Chakraborty, her brother Showik, and drug peddlers from Mumbai and Goa. The NCB, on Monday, summoned Shruti Modi, Sushant's  former business manager, and Jaya Saha, for questioning at the guest house. Modi has also been questioned by the other two federal agencies, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing different angles in the case. The NCB is also likely to summon Bollywood A-listers including Sara Ali Khan and Shraddha Kapoor soon to investigate deeper in the alleged B-town drug nexus.