SSR case: Rhea remanded to 14-day judicial custody

Riya Chakraborty will be questioned by the NCB on the third day today. Hindi WKT

22:46 September 08

Rhea remanded to 14-day judicial custody

Court grants judicial custody of Rhea Chakraborty for 14 days

Actor Rhea Chakraborty, who was arrested earlier today, has been sent to 14-day judicial custody. According to the reports, the court has rejected the bail plea of the actress in the drug case.

22:23 September 08

Rhea Chakraborty active member of 'drug syndicate': NCB

In its remand application of actor Rhea Chakraborty, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) stated that she is an active member of a "drug syndicate" and used to manage finance for drug procurement along with the late actor. Chakraborty is appearing before the Magistrate via video conference from NCB office in Mumbai.

It stated that Sawant said that financial issues for purchase of drugs were also being dealt with by Rajput and Chakraborty. As per NCB, Showik said that Basit Parihar provided drugs to Dipesh Sawant (Sushant Singh Rajput's staffer) through Kaizen Ibrahim. 

NCB said Showik confessed that he used to facilitate the delivery of drugs through Zaid, Basit and Kaizen. It also highlighted that Showik disclosed that these drug deliveries used to be received by Rajput's aids and every delivery and payment was in conscious knowledge of Rhea Chakraborty. 

As per NCB's remand application, Samuel Miranda has confessed that Sushant also along with rhea used to instruct him to procure the drug. Rajput also used to deal with the financial matter regarding these drugs along with Rhea Chakraborty. 

19:16 September 08

Whatever Rhea told was sufficient for arrest: NCB

MA Jain, Dy DG, South-Western Region, NCB said, "Rhea Chakraborty will be produced before magistrate shortly. We don't need her custody remand so we'll seek judicial custody. We aren't asking for her custody remand as whatever we wanted to cross with her, we've done already. We will oppose bail to her. We are only seeking judicial custody but we don't support the bail."

17:05 September 08

Rhea to be produced before magistrate virtually at 7:30 pm

KPS Malhotra, Deputy Director, Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai has said that actor Rhea Chakraborty will be produced before a magistrate via video conferencing by 7.30 pm today. She was arrested after a tough three-days of grilling to unravel the nexus of the drug in the film industry.

16:19 September 08

NCB takes Rhea for medical examination

Actor Rhea Chakraborty being taken for medical examination after being arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in drug case related to Sushant Singh Rajput's death probe.

16:16 September 08

NCB must have evidence against Rhea, says Bihar DGP

Reacting on the arrest of the Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty, Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey said that Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) must have found evidence against her.

"She is totally exposed in the sense that she had a connection with drug peddlers. This has been established, that is why she has been arrested", added Bihar DGP.

15:56 September 08

NCB slaps various provisions of NDPS on Rhea

The Narcotics Control Bureau on Tuesday arrested Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty after a tough three-days of grilling to unravel the nexus of the drug in the film industry.

She has been charged under various sections of the NDPS Act for her alleged role in the drugs angle which has emerged in the investigations into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Rhea will be taken for a medical test shortly and is likely to be produced before a magistrate through video-conferencing for remand in the evening.

15:44 September 08

Paperwork to arrest Rhea underway, says NCB Deputy Director

KPS Malhotra, Deputy Director, Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai has confirmed that the paperwork and other formalities to arrest actor Rhea Chakraborty is underway.

15:32 September 08

Process to arrest Rhea underway

Process underway for Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to arrest Rhea Chakraborty in drug case related to Sushant Singh Rajput's death probe.

14:43 September 08

NCB summons actor Sushant's staff Neeraj Singh in drug case

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has summoned Sushant Singh Rajput's staff Neeraj Singh in the alleged drug case. He was arrested the day Rhea Chakraborty's brother Showik Chakraborty and Samuel Miranda were remanded in the custody of NCB.

13:12 September 08

FIR lodged by Mumbai Police illegal, will take serious action: Sushant's family lawyer

Sushant Singh Rajput's family lawyer Vikas Singh Tuesday alleged that the FIR registered by Mumbai Police against Rajput's sisters and others on Rhea Chakraborty's complaint is illegal and they will take serious action in the matter.

The senior advocate said the case related to Rajput's death was serious where multiple agencies like the CBI, Enforcement Directorate and Narcotics Control Bureau are probing the issue and they will not allow the accused to deflect the investigation by the filing of such complaints.

He said a decision will be taken during the day whether the Rajput family, which has accused actress and Sushant's live-in partner Chakraborty of abetting his suicide, would file a contempt plea or quashing of her complaint in this matter.

I have been shown the FIR. The first thought which comes to my mind is that Bandra police station is her (Chakraborty) second home. The FIR lodged by the police is completely illegal and contempt of the orders of the Supreme Court," Singh alleged at a press conference.

The apex court has clearly said that Mumbai Police can register FIR only with respect to inquest proceedings. According to Supreme Court judgement no FIR can be registered against doctor without constituting a medical team, he said.

12:57 September 08

10:42 September 08

Rhea reaches NCB office for questioning

Actor Rhea Chakraborty appeared before the Narcotics Control Bureau for the third consecutive day on Tuesday for questioning in the drugs case linked to the
death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Chakraborty reached the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office, located at Ballard Estate in south Mumbai, around 10.30 am in a car escorted by a Mumbai Police vehicle.

08:57 September 08

NCB summons Rhea Chakraborty for third consecutive day of questioning

Mumbai:Rhea Chakraborty has been summoned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for further questioning in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case on Tuesday, third time after she was first called in on September 6. 

Earlier, 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, an official said on Tuesday.

The case was registered after the actor's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty claimed they prescribed drugs to him without consultation, the official said.

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

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.

The case has been registered at Bandra police station under sections 420, 464, 465, 466, 468, 474, 306, 120(B) and 34 of IPC and sections 8(c), 21, 22(A) and 29 of NDPS Act, a Mumbai police spokesperson said.

In her police complaint, Rhea had sought that an FIR be registered under IPC, NDPS Act and Telemedicine Practice Guidelines. She had also accused Priyanka of molesting her.

Rhea had accused Priyanka Singh, Dr Tarun Kumar of Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and others of forgery and preparing a "fake" prescription of medicines for anxiety for the 34-year-old actor, who was found hanging in his apartment in suburban Bandra on June 14.

In accordance with orders of the Supreme Court, this case has been transferred to CBI for further investigation, the spokesperson said.

Unhappy with Mumbai police probe in the actor's death, his father K K Singh had registered a case with the Bihar police against Rhea Chakraborty, her family members and others for abetment to suicide and criminal conspiracy. The case was transferred to the CBI by the Supreme Court.

Rhea was interrogated by the CBI probe team, camping at the DRDO guest house in Mumbai's western suburb Santacruz.

She was also questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case and by Narcotics Control Bureau in a drug supply case in which her brother Showik Chakraborty and Sushant's manager Samuel Miranda have been arrested. 

(with inputs from agencies)