SIDDHANTH KAPOOR DETAINED
The actor is among six people allegedly found to have taken drugs and tested positive for substance in their blood, Bengaluru Police said
Actor Siddhanth Kapoor is the latest Bollywood celeb to get entangled in a drug controversy. The son of actor Shakti Kapoor and brother of actor Shraddha Kapoor, he was detained in Bengaluru after he was found allegedly consuming drugs at a rave party on Sunday night and tested positive for drugs in a blood report. ANI reported that the 37-year-old was detained along with five others during a police raid.
His father was in a state of shock as he woke up to the news. When contacted, Shakti said, “I’m in Mumbai and I don’t know what is happening. I got to know from news channels only. All I know as of now is that there is no arrest and Siddhanth has only been detained.” When we asked Shakti if Siddhanth was in Bengaluru for work, he shared, “Yes, he is a DJ (disc jockey) and he plays at parties, and that’s what he was in Bengaluru for. I don’t know where these reports are coming from.”
According to police, the rave party was going on at a posh hotel on MG Road on Sunday night. But Shakti remained unsure if it was the same party where his son was playing.
“I will talk to my son very soon and get the details. But I know this can’t be true,” he added. Siddhanth’s aunt, actor Tejaswini Kolhapure, was “not aware” of the entire episode when we rang her in to enquire about the news. “I have no idea. I have had a working day, and I’ve just woken up to this news,” she shared.
Siddhanth’s friend, actor Luv Sinha, however, took to Twitter to address his concern with multiple tweets: “I’m against the consumption of drugs, but until the rot in the justice system has been cleaned up, things won’t improve. Arrest the producers, dealers and not just the users who may get addicted to a substance that can affect their lives negatively and have an impact on so many others indirectly. I hope that my friend Siddhanth comes out of this stronger and wiser.”
Siddhanth has featured in films such as Shootout At
Wadala (2013),
Jazbaa (2015),
Haseena Parkar
(2017), among others.
I’m in Mumbai and I don’t know what is happening. I got to know from news channels only. All I know as of now is that there is no arrest and Siddhanth has only been detained. SHAKTI
KAPOOR, Actor (father)