After 8-hour grilling on day 2, NCB summons Rhea for third round of questioning

Actor Rhea Chakraborty summoned for the third time by the Narcotics Control Bureau. She will again appear in front of NCB officials on Tuesday after being grilled for around 8 hours today.

Mumbai: Rhea Chakraborty will be appearing before the Narcotics Control Bureau officials on September 8. The actor, who is prime accused in Sushant Singh Rajput's case was grilled for nearly 8 hours today.

The NCB, which is probing drugs angle in the case, has also said Dipesh Sawant, who was the house help of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, is an active member of a drug syndicate connected with high society personalities and drug suppliers.

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On Sunday, she appeared before the NCB for the first time and was subjected to a six-hour grilling amid speculations that the actor would be arrested as investigators went hammer and tongs after drug related allegations that have emerged in the death case.

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Rhea was questioned by at least two NCB teams in various aspects of the narcotic drugs thread that has cropped up in the Sushant case.

The NCB had also arrested actor Rhea's brother Showik and her associate Samuel Miranda for their role in the procurement and handling of drugs. They will be presented before the court soon.

Previously Rhea and Showik were questioned by the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai residence on June 14 this year.