Sushant case: Rhea brother arrested
Sushant’s house manager also taken into custody
Mumbai: After the Bandra based drug peddler’s revelation of arranging drugs for Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik, the NCB arrested him along with late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s house manager Samuel Miranda.
After the Bandra based drug peddler’s revelation of arranging drugs for Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik, the Narcotics Control Bureau ( NCB) arrested him along with late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s house manager Samuel Miranda after grilling them throughout the day on Friday. The arrests came close on heels with raids conducted at their residences earlier in the day by the NCB from where the officials seized electronic gadgets and scores of documents.
The officials had summoned Showik and Miranda for questioning after completing searches at their residences. The action came after peddler Abdul Basit Parihar revealed he supplied narcotics substances to Showik. Parihar was earlier arrested and produced before the Esplanade court and sent to NCB custody till September 9 for further investigation.
The NCB first arrested Zaid Vilatra, who is also a Bandra- based peddler. Vilatra’s links with Rhea and Showik Chakraborty are being probed. The officials said that his questioning revealed Parihar, whose direct connection with Showik has now come to the fore.
“The data from seized gadgets will be retrieved to dig deeper in the ongoing suicide probe. The documents will be scanned to understand if any of them are related with the case,” said an officer privy to the investigation.
Statement of Parihar and Vilatra has revealed some more names and the agency is now probing the larger nexus involving the brother- sister and other celebrities.
The Enforcement Directorate ( ED) is probing into the money laundering alleged by Rajput’s father. Rajput was found hanging in his Bandra residence on June 14. The Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI) which first began the investigation in connection with the suicide, based on the FIR filed by the Patna police, has hinted of no foul play in the death.