NCB grills Deepika Padukone for over 5 hours

After over five hours of interrogation, actor Deepika Padukone leaves the NCB office in Mumbai. She has been summoned by NCB to join the investigation into the drug case linked to Sushant Singh Rajput's death.

Mumbai: Actor Deepika Padukone on Saturday was questioned here for five hours by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) probing the alleged Bollywood-drug nexus linked to film star Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, an official said.

Padukone was confronted with her manager Karishma Prakash during questioning, sources said.

Prakash's WhatsApp chats, including purported conversations about drugs with one 'D', are on the radar of the anti-drugs agency, sources had said.

Padukone, who reached the NCB guest house in Colaba in south Mumbai around 9.50 am, left around 3:50 pm, a police official deployed outside the guest house said.

After questioning, both Padukone and Praksh were allowed to go home around 3.40 pm, NCB sources said.

Prakash first came out of the guest house, followed by Padukone.

They left in their cars separately, the police official said.

Media personnel were present in large numbers outside the barricaded area near the guest house.

There were reports that Padukone's husband and actor Ranveer Singh had asked the NCB if he could also remain present during her questioning. However, the NCB had on Friday clarified that it did not receive any such request.

The NCB is also questioning actors Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan at its office separately in connection with the alleged drug nexus.

With inputs from PTI