Tanvi Kapila, Mumbai Uncensored, 15th July 2022:
The Narcotics Central Bureau (NCB) was examining the drug case involving the Indian actor known for commercial movies and television show, Sushant Singh Rajput, because of his sudden demise in his apartment on 14 June 2020 in Mumbai.
They have finally drafted a charge sheet against 35 accused in the 2020 case of drugs involved in abetting Sushant Singh Rajput to ‘extreme drug addiction’. Additionally, the draft notes that since 2018, the 34-year-old actor has received his drugs.
Under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, some of the accused mentioned are Rhea Chakraborty, Sushant’s former girlfriend, and two of the late actor’s employees are among those charged for allegedly procuring drugs for Rajput. Chakraborty’s brother, Showik Chakraborty is also under the name of one of the accused in this high-profile case. Involved in the drug–peddling, Siddharth Pithani, a flatmate of the deceased actor, has been accused of “aiding and abetting” the actor’s “severe drug addiction,” among other people.
Circulating drugs in the Bollywood industry and to people in high society
NCB furthermore claimed that the drugs have also been circulated in the industry by the actor, however, the names were not revealed in the draft but Agisilaos Demetriades, who is the brother of actor Arjun Rampal’s partner had repeatedly obtained marijuana/ganja as well as cocaine from a Nigerian national, and has spread it across the Bollywood from the two who were accused.
A further point worth mentioning is that in an interview with ndtv, Rhea very conveniently mentioned she had never talked to any drug dealer or even consumed any drug for that matter. The actor has managed to blatantly lie on national television, lets’s see what more she has in store for everyone. In the same interview, she said that she tried to control Rajput but herself denied the fact that she was also involved in drug peddling.
Allegations against the accused
Section 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(A), 22, 27, 27A, 28, 29, and 30 of the NDPS Act are among the allegations brought against the accused by the NCB. The following are included: abetment and criminal conspiracy, attempt, and preparation of committing an offense, production, manufacture, sale, purchase, transport, consumption of any narcotic drug, use, and possession of marijuana and psychoactive substances, financing illicit traffic, and harboring offenders.
It must also be observed that Rhea Chakraborty could spend more than ten years in prison if found guilty. Moreover, Chakraborty is also being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for Sushant’s demise. However, the police stated that the death was a suicide in 2020.
