A
special
NDPS
court
on
Thursday
(August
5,
2021)
rejected
the
pre-arrest
bail
plea
of
Bollywood
actress
Deepika
Padukone's
former
manager
Karishma
Prakash
in
a
drug
case
linked
to
the
death
of
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput.
Fearing
arrest
in
the
drug-related
probe
into
the
death
of
Rajput,
Prakash
had
filed
an
anticipatory
bail
application
before
the
Narcotic
Drugs
and
Psychotropic
Substances
Act
(NDPS)
court
in
October
last
year.
After
hearing
extensive
submissions
made
by
both
defence
and
prosecution,
special
judge
VV
Widwans
rejected
her
plea
for
anticipatory
bail.
The
court,
however,
stayed
the
order
till
August
25
to
allow
Prakash
to
approach
the
Bombay
High
court.
The
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB)
has
been
probing
alleged
nexus
between
drug
peddlers
and
Bollywood
celebrities
which
came
to
light
after
Rajput's
death
in
June
last
year.
The
CBI
is
separately
probing
Rajput's
death
case.
Prakash's
name
cropped
up
during
interrogation
of
one
of
the
arrested
drug
peddlers.
The
central
agency
has
so
far
arrested
more
than
20
persons
as
part
of
its
investigation
into
the
drug
case.
Most
of
the
accused,
including
the
late
actor's
girlfriend
Rhea
Chakraborty,
are
out
on
bail
currently.