22:34 September 07
Drug peddler Anuj Keswani sent to 5 day NCB custody
Mumbai's Esplanade court sent Anuj Keswani to 5-day Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) custody. Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had arrested Keswani for alleged drug peddling. His name was revealed during the interrogation of Kaizen Ibrahim.
20:29 September 07
Will move court if Mumbai police accept Rhea's complain, says SSR's lawyer
"If Bandra Police accepts the complaint, it'll be a violation of the order of Supreme Court and hence a contempt of the court. If Bandra Police proceeds with it, we will take the matter to Supreme Court under contempt of court," said Vikas Singh.
20:17 September 07
Rhea making attempts to hamper investigation, claims SSR's lawyer
"I've been given a complaint filed by Rhea Chakraborty in Bandra Police station. It's an effort to keep jurisdiction of Mumbai Police in this matter when SC said complaints with regard to the death of SSR will be investigated by CBI," said Vikas Singh, Sushant's father's lawyer.
He added, "This is clear attempt to somehow keep the Mumbai Police alive in this matter so that they can do some mischief and ensure that the family of Sushant does not get justice in this matter."
19:11 September 07
Sushant case accused to appear for remand on video link: Court
Keeping in mind the COVID-19 pandemic and to maintain law and order, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates court here on Monday said any accused arrested in the actor Sushant Singh Rajput case shall be produced before it for remand only through video-conferencing.
The court also said investigating agencies should carry out antigen test for COVID-19 of the accused in their office premises itself.
18:47 September 07
Rhea has been called again tomorrow: NCB
"Rhea Chakraborty has been sent back to her home. She has been called back tomorrow, the interrogation will continue," said Mutha Ashok Jain, NCB Deputy DG
18:29 September 07
NCB summons Rhea for third round of questioning
Rhea Chakraborty has been summoned by NCB again tomorrow for third round of questioning. The actress was grilled for 8 hours on the second day of her interrogation.
Meanwhile, after being questioned by NCB for eight hours Rhea Chakraborty went to Bandra Police Station to reportedly record her statement in the complaint she has filed against Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Priyanka Singh. She has named Priyanka Singh, Dr Tarun Kumar of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Others for offences of Forgery, NDPS Act and Tele Medicine Practice Guidelines 2020 for having sent a bogus Medical Prescription.
18:25 September 07
Rhea Chakraborty leaves NCB office
Rhea Chakraborty left from Narcotics Control Bureau office in Mumbai. She has been called to the office for the third round of questioning tomorrow as part of the investigation related to SSR death case.
17:55 September 07
Rhea Chakraborty likely to be summoned again tomorrow
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has summoned Rhea Chakraborty for questioning again tomorrow. The actress has been grilled by the agency for the last two days.
15:36 September 07
Rhea files complaint against SSR's sister Priyanka for bogus prescription
Rhea Chakraborty has filed a complaint before the Mumbai Police against Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Priyanka Singh, Dr Tarun Kumar of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and others for offences of forgery, NDPS Act and Tele Medicine Practice Guidelines 2020 for having sent a bogus medical prescription depicting the late actor as an Out Patient Department (OPD) person when he was, in fact, in Mumbai on June 8, 2020, and not in Delhi.
In her complaint, the actress has stated that an FIR should be registered against Priyanka Singh, Dr Tarun Kumar under the provisions of IPC 1860, Rhea Chakraborty has filed a complaint before the Mumbai Police against Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Priyanka Singh, Dr Tarun Kumar of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and others for offences of forgery, NDPS Act and Tele Medicine Practice Guidelines 2020 for having sent a bogus medical prescription depicting the late actor as an Out Patient Department (OPD) person when he was, in fact, in Mumbai on June 8, 2020, and not in Delhi.
14:47 September 07
AIIMS Forensic Board to conduct viscera test
"AIIMS Forensic Board is conducting viscera test in SSR case to check for poisoning. Result to come within ten days," said Dr. Sudhir Gupta, Head of Forensic Dept at AIIMS & Chairman of Medical board formed in SSR's death case.
14:45 September 07
NCB arrests one more person in Mumbai for alleged drug peddling
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested one more person Anuj Keswani for alleged drug peddling in connection with the probe into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Keswani was arrested after the interrogation of Kaizen Ibrahim, also an alleged drug peddler who was arrested last week.
Keswani is set to be produced in the court today. Ibrahim had disclosed that Keshwani was his supplier for the contrabands.
14:42 September 07
Bail application of Zaid Vilatra, Abdul Basit adjourned
Bail application of Zaid Vilatra, Abdul Basit adjourned
Mumbai Sessions Court adjoured hearing in bail applications of Zaid Vilatra and Abdul Basit, till 9th September, in drug case related to Sushant Singh Rajput death case
14:25 September 07
Zaid Vilatra and Abdel Basit Parihar have filed separate bail pleas before session court.
10:37 September 07
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested one Anuj Keswani for alleged drug peddling. His name was revealed during the interrogation of Kaizen Ibrahim.
09:36 September 07
Sushant death case LIVE: NCB summons Rhea Chakraborty again tomorrow
Mumbai: Actress Rhea Chakraborty arrives at Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office in Mumbai on Monday for the second day as part of the investigation related to Sushant Singh Rajput's death case.
She was questioned for about six hours by the NCB in the drugs case linked to the death of her live-in partner and actor Sushant Singh Rajput yesterday.
NCB Deputy Director General (south-west region) Mutha Ashok Jain told reporters outside the agency's office later that Rhea will be called again on Monday for questioning and recording of her statement like today.
He said the agency also conducted fresh raids in this case against a man identified as Anuj Keshvani after his name came to the fore during the interrogation of Kaizan Ebrahim who was arrested by the agency in this case earlier.
"We have seized 590 gms of hashish, 0.64 gm of LSD sheets, 304 gms of marijuana including imported marijuana joints and capsules, Rs 1,85,200 in cash and 5,000 Indonesian Rupiah after the raids on Keshvani,"' Jain said.
"The quantity of LSD that has been recovered is commercial quantity under the NDPS Act," he said indicating it is an offence to keep such quantity of banned drugs.
LSD or Lysergic acid diethylamide is ahallucinogenic drug. The DDG refused to share details of the ongoing investigation.
"I cannot tell you specifics... because of your (media) cooperation we are getting a lot of information," Jain said when asked by reporters about Rhea's statement made to the agency.
The day started with an NCB team visiting Rhea's home in Santa Cruz (west) to serve summons to her for joining the probe.
The agency has said that once Rhea deposes, it wants to confront her with her younger brother Showik Chakraborty (24), Rajput's house manager Samuel Miranda (33) and his house staffer Dipesh Sawant to ascertain their roles in this alleged drug racket after it obtained mobile phone chat records and other electronic data that suggested some banned drugs were allegedly procured by these people.
The NCB, over the last two days, has arrested these three men in this case. Officials said the actor was questioned on these lines on Sunday.
She was earlier questioned by the ED and the CBI too. Rhea, in interviews given to multiple TV news channels, has said that she has never consumed drugs herself. She had, however, claimed that the late actor used to consume marijuana.
It is claimed that Miranda told NCB investigators that he used to procure bud or curated marijuana for the late actor's household.
A total of eight people have been arrested till now by the NCB with six being directly linked to this probe while two were arrested by it when the investigation was launched under criminal sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
When the probe in the case began, the agency had arrested two men, Abbas Lakhani and Karan Arora, for alleged drug peddling and officials have claimed that through them they reached Zaid Vilatra and Abdel Basit Parihar who are allegedly linked to this drugs case as they were in touch with Miranda.
Miranda, they had said, used to allegedly procure drugs from them on the purported instructions of Showik, agency officials said.
Both Lakhani and Arora have been granted bail. The NCB had said it recovered 59 grams of cannabis from them.
The NCB, while seeking remand of one of the accused in this case a few days back, had told a local court that it was looking into "the drug citadel in Mumbai, and especially Bollywood" in this probe.
This case has given the NCB an "inkling" into the narcotics network and its penetration in Bollywood or Hindi movie industry, NCB Deputy Director General Mutha Ashok Jain told reporters on Saturday.
Various angles surrounding the death of the 34-year-old actor are being probed by three federal agencies, including the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The NCB initiated a drug angle probe in this case after the ED shared with it a report following the cloning of two mobile phones of Rhea.
Rajput was found dead at his flat in the suburban Bandra area on June 14.
(with inputs from agencies)