A
special
NDPS
court
here
on
Wednesday
permitted
actor
Rhea
Chakraborty,
an
accused
in
a
drugs
case
related
to
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
death,
to
travel
to
Abu
Dhabi
for
four
days
to
attend
the
IIFA
awards
show.
Special
Judge
A
A
Joglekar
directed
the
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB),
the
prosecuting
agency,
to
hand
over
Chakraborty's
passport
to
her,
and
permitted
her
to
travel
to
Abu
Dhabi
from
June
2
to
5.
The
court,
while
imposing
a
slew
of
conditions
on
Chakraborty,
said
she
shall
appear
before
the
Indian
Embassy
in
Abu
Dhabi
daily
to
mark
her
attendance,
submit
her
itinerary
to
the
NCB
and
resurrender
her
passport
to
the
NCB
once
she
returns
to
India.
"The
applicant
is
also
directed
to
furnish
additional
cash
security
of
Rs
1
lakh
with
the
registry
of
this
court," the
special
court
said
in
its
order.
Chakraborty's
advocate
Nikhil
Maneshinde
told
the
court
that
the
actor
has
been
invited
by
the
International
Indian
Film
Academy's
(IIFA)
director
to
walk
the
green
carpet,
present
an
award
and
also
host
an
interaction.
The
criminal
prosecution
has
affected
Chakraborty's
acting
career
and
she
has
suffered
setbacks
and
faced
significant
financial
losses.
Such
opportunities
are
important
for
her
prospects
in
the
industry,
Maneshinde
said.
Chakraborty
was
arrested
in
the
case
in
September
2020.
She
was
granted
bail
by
the
Bombay
High
Court
almost
a
month
after
her
arrest.
Besides
Rhea
Chakraborty,
her
brother
Showik
Chakraborty
and
several
others
are
also
arraigned
as
accused
in
the
case
for
alleged
consumption,
possession
and
financing
of
drugs.
Most
of
them
are
out
on
bail.
The
NCB
has
been
probing
the
alleged
drug
use
in
Bollywood
and
television
industry
following
the
death
of
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
in
June
2020.
Rajput,
34,
was
found
hanging
in
his
apartment
in
suburban
Bandra
on
June
14,
2020.
The
CBI
is
probing
the
case
pertaining
to
his
death.