Deepika, Sara, Shraddha and Rakul renounce mobiles to NCB

MUMBAI: The Narcotics Adjust Bureau (NCB) probing the drug angle in the Sushant Singh Rajput demise case on Saturday accredited the “voluntarily renounce” of the cellphones of actors Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan and Rakul Preet Singh for a detailed examination.

Sources stated that in reveal to corroborate their submissions made to the medication adjust company, the actors, who looked earlier than it on Saturday, have voluntarily submitted their mobile telephones, one thing which has been taken on file by investigating officers.

Others who have submitted their telephones are Deepika’s supervisor Karishma Prakash, clothier Simone Kambhatta and Sushant’s talent supervisor Jaya Saha.

The NCB on Saturday also arrested Kshijit Prasad, who became in transient connected to filmmaker Karan Johar’s production rental, and claimed to have found paperwork and WhatsApp chats indicating his alleged involvement in illicit drug trafficking. The NCB also claimed to have found a weed joint.

Sources stated they’ve no longer given a comely chit to anybody puzzled to this level. “They were allowed to head residence as we haven’t found any actionable proof till now. The technique to summon them is on hand beneath regulation if and when novel field cloth linking them vegetation up,” they stated.

Deputy director NCB Ashok Jain advised TOI over phone, “We are examining their cellphones to examine if they’ve advised the truth.” He added, “None of them has been called again as of now. We now have got positioned these filmstars’ statements on file in command that day after as of late the court could well level-headed no longer pull us up saying why we didn’t file their statements when their names figured in investigations. We now have got recorded their statements and we can post these earlier than court after which take the course of motion,” Jain stated.

Rakul’s questioning ended on Friday while the different three actors in conjunction with Deepika’s supervisor Karishma Prakash were puzzled on Saturday. Sources stated Deepika became confronted with Karishma concerning their WhatsApp exchanges discussing medication and the Koko birthday celebration. She became requested for the checklist of people who attended the birthday celebration and if narcotics were consumed. Deepika denied narcotics were made on hand.

Actor Rakul Preet Singh has denied intriguing medication but reportedly stated Kshitij Prasad became eager with some “questionable” activities. Sara Ali Khan admitted she had change into stop to Sushant Singh Rajput for the length of the taking pictures of film ‘Kedarnath’ and had accompanied him to his Lonavla farmhouse but denied intriguing medication. Rhea Chakraborty had advised NCB officials Sara and Shraddha frequently partied with Sushant at Lonavla. Shraddha Kapoor too has denied taking medication. The NCB alleged Kshitij became portion of the drug cartel that equipped medication to Bollywood celebrities.