Drugs case LIVE: Rhea shifted to Byculla jail, files bail plea

15:04 September 09

Special Mumbai court to hear bail plea of Rhea and her brother on Sept 10

Satish Maneshinde, lawyer of actress  Rhea Chakraborty has informed that the hearing of the bail plea of actress and her brother Showik is scheduled for September 10 at a special court in Mumbai.

10:43 September 09

Rhea to file bail plea at Sessions Court

Actor Rhea Chakraborty, who was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday, has been brought to the Byculla Jail. Her lawyer Satish Maneshinde is expected to file a bail plea at the Sessions Court by about 11 am.

10:27 September 09

Rhea Chakraborty shifted to Byculla jail 

A day after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested her, Rhea Chakraborty was on Wednesday shifted from the anti-drug agency's office in south Mumbai to the Byculla jail here.

Shortly after her arrest on Tuesday in a drugs case linked to her boyfriend and actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, she was sent in judicial custody till September 22 by a local court.

10:26 September 09

Maharashtra: Showik Chakraborty (actor Rhea Chakraborty's brother) and other accused being taken for medical tests.

10:22 September 09

Rhea arrested in drugs case, sent in JC, bail plea rejected

Mumbai: After three days of interrogation, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday arrested Rhea Chakraborty in a drugs case linked to actor Sushant Singh
Rajput's death, following which she was sent in judicial custody till September 22 by a local court.

The court rejected Chakraborty's bail application. The NCB told the court that she was an "active member" of a drugs syndicate and procured drugs for Rajput, her boyfriend.

The NCB, however, said it did not want her custody as it had already questioned her for three days.

Her lawyer Satish Maneshinde said they will approach sessions court for bail.

After producing her before the additional chief judicial magistrate through video link, the NCB told the court that she was confronted with all other accused including her brother Showik during her interrogation and facts in their statements were verified.

Rhea disclosed her involvement in the procurement of drugs for Rajput and related financial transactions and also her instructions to co-accused Sammuel Miranda, Dipesh Sawant and Showik Chakraborty, it claimed.

"Therefore, it is clear from her statement that Rhea is an active member of the drugs syndicate connected with drug supplies," the agency said.

Chakraborty has in recent TV interviews denied that she consumed drugs.

Apart from the drugs case, she is facing abetment of suicide case in connection with Rajput's death which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing, and a related money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Rajput's father who accused Chakraborty of abetting his son's suicide had also claimed that she siphoned Rs 15 crore from his son's bank accounts. The ED launched a probe into this aspect.

The NCB began a probe after Chakraborty's mobile phone chats allegedly revealed that she used to consume drugs.

The NCB has also arrested her brother Showik Chakraborty and Rajput's manager Samuel Miranda on drug supply charges.