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Rhea Chakraborty remanded to 14-day judicial custody in connection with drug case

Rhea Chakraborty was first summoned for questioning by the agency on Sunday. 

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New Delhi: Actress Rhea Chakraborty was arrested by the NCB on Tuesday after being questioned for over four hours in a drugs case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, whom she was also dating. She was interrogated by the NCB for the third consecutive day today 

She was first summoned for questioning by the agency on Sunday. Rhea was questioned for about six hours on Day 1 and on Monday, she was grilled for around 8 hours.

Her younger brother Showik Chakraborty, two close aides of Sushant - Samuel Miranda and Dipesh Sawant - and a few others have already been arrested by the NCB in connection with the case. 

Various angles surrounding the death of Sushant are being probed by three federal agencies, including the ED and the CBI.

Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at Mumbai home on June 14.

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08 September 2020
22:01 IST

NCB gets Rhea Chakraborty's custody. Rhea Chakraborty sent to 14-day judicial custody in connection with drug case.

21:14 IST

Court proceedings in Rhea Chakraborty drug case underway at NCB office, reportedly.

19:03 IST

The NCB will ask court to send Rhea Chakraborty to 14-day judicial custody. 

19:01 IST

The NCB will not seek remand for Rhea, as per sources. 
 

18:53 IST

According to reports, Rhea Chakraborty has tested negative for Coronavirus.

18:34 IST
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Rhea Chakraborty is totally exposed in the sense that she had connection with drug peddlers. This has been established, that is why she has been arrested: Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey to ANI

16:17 IST

Travesty of justice. 3 central agencies hounding a single woman just because she was in love with a drug addict who was suffering from mental health issues for several years and committed suicide due to consumption of illegally administered medicines, drugs: Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer on her arrest

15:40 IST

Rhea will next undergo medical tests including, coronavirus examination.

15:35 IST

Rhea was questioned by the NCB for over 4 hours today.

15:34 IST

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested Rhea Chakraborty in the drugs conspiracy case.

14:23 IST

Rhea Chakraborty has confessed before the NCB that she used to smoke cigarettes filled with marijuana (ganja). Rhea told the NCB officials during the questioning that she used to smoke drugs-filled cigarette with late star Sushant Singh Rajput. Rhea also claimed that Sushant was consuming drugs since 2016.

Full Report: I used to smoke drugs-filled cigarette with Sushant Singh Rajput, Rhea Chakraborty confesses before NCB

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Rhea in her complaint claimed these persons hatched a conspiracy and obtained false prescription on the letterhead of a government hospital for banned medicines and administered the same to the actor without supervising doses and quantity.

11:03 IST

Mumbai Police have registered an FIR against actor Sushant Singh Rajput's sisters and others for abetment to suicide and criminal conspiracy by prescribing him medicines banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The case was registered after the actor's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty claimed they prescribed drugs to him without consultation.

An offence has been registered against Sushant's sisters Priyanka Singh and Meetu Singh, Delhi-based doctor Tarun Kumar and others. 

08:38 IST

Mumbai's Esplanade court on Monday sent Anuj Keswani, who has been arrested for alleged drug peddling, to 5-day Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) custody.

08:36 IST

Sushant Singh Rajput's family lawyer Vikas Singh has alleged that Rhea Chakraborty's complaint with Mumbai Police is a ploy to derail ongoing CBI investigation and keep the role of state police alive in the matter. Singh said Mumbai Police does not have any right in this matter and this have been done to keep the jurisdiction of the Mumbai police alive.

"The complaint is itself an offence. This is a ploy to derail and deflect the investigation. This is an attempt to keep Mumbai police alive in the case so that they can do some mischief and ensure that the family of Sushant does not get justice in this matter," he told reporters.

Full Report: Rhea Chakraborty's complaint with Mumbai Police ploy to derail CBI probe: Sushant Singh Rajput's family lawyer

08:35 IST

Meanwhile, Rhea has filed a police complaint against Sushant's sister Priyanka, a Delhi-based doctor and others for allegedly sharing a "bogus" medical prescription of the late actor.

08:34 IST

For the second consecutive day on Monday, Rhea underwent interrogation sessions at the hands of NCB officials and was confronted by other accused in the case, including her brother Showik Chakraborty.

08:34 IST

A total of nine people have been arrested till now by the NCB with seven directly linked to this probe, while two were arrested when investigation was launched under criminal sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

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