Actor Rhea Chakraborty’s brother, Showik Chakraborty, was granted bail by a special NDPS court on Wednesday. Showik was arrested in September for procuring anti-narcotics substances in the alleged Bollywood drug case related to the Sushant Singh Rajput death probe.
Just a few weeks ago, Showik had filed for a fresh bail plea in the special NDPS Court in Mumbai. He had emphasised in his bail plea that he was not found in possession of any drugs and was being ‘falsely implicated’. “In the facts and circumstances of the present case, given that no commercial quantity has been alleged in respect of the applicant, there has been no recovery from the applicant and that all allegations pertain only to small quantities, the embargo imposed by Section 37 of the NDPS Act, 1985 would not be applicable,” the bail application read.
The drug case cropped up after the demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in his Mumbai flat on 14 June. While three central agencies began investigating the case, Rhea and brother Showik’s links to drug dealers in Mumbai came to the fore. Rhea, in her court statement, had also claimed that Sushant was a consumer of drugs and his house staff often arranged the required drugs for him.
The NCB then widened their search in the Bollywood-drug nexus probe. And not just Rhea, but actors like Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh were also summoned.
