The
bail
plea
hearing
of
former
Dharma
Productions
executive
producer
Kshitij
Prasad
will
be
heard
on
October
14,
2020.
Kshitij
Prasad,
who
was
arrested
by
the
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB)
in
connection
with
the
drugs
probe
in
Bollywood,
has
claimed
in
his
bail
application
that
only
a
stale
and
dry
cigarette
butt
was
found
outside
his
residence
in
the
corner
of
the
open
balcony.
He
said
it
was
found
in
a
refuge
area,
which
is
constantly
used
by
the
residents
for
their
recreational
activities.
He
also
claimed
that
many
complaints
had
been
lodged
by
the
residents
with
the
society
management,
objecting
to
the
use
of
the
area.
FilmiBeat
has
a
copy
of
the
bail
application
of
Kshitij
Prasad.
Kshitij
in
his
application
has
disputed
the
NCB's
claim
that
they
had
recovered
the
butt
of
a
ganja
joint,
saying
that
there
was
no
evidence.
Also
in
his
application
Kshitij
has
mentioned
that
one
of
the
accused
in
the
drug
case,
Sanket
Patel
from
whom
it
is
alleged
drugs
were
bought,
did
not
recognise
him
the
first
time
he
was
confronted
with
him.
As
per
Kshitij,
Sanket
was
taken
away
by
an
NCB
official
and
brought
back
later
in
front
of
Kshitij
and
then
claimed
that
he
knew
him.
Kshitij
has
urged
that
the
court
can
check
the
closed
circuit
television
(CCTV)
footage
of
his
building,
stating
that
he
has
never
met
Sanket.
He
also
said
the
society
in
which
he
stays
was
very
strict
during
the
lockdown.
Kshitij
Prasad
has
further
stated
in
his
bail
plea
that
there
is
nothing
on
record
to
suggest
that
he
is
in
any
way
involved
with
the
financing,
illicit
trafficking
and/or
harboring
of
offenders
in
relation
to
any
narcotic
drugs
or
psychotropic
substances.
Kshitij,
who
joined
Karan
Johar's
Dharmatic
in
November
2019,
has
alleged
that
the
NCB
officers
apart
from
Sameer
Wankhede
were
courteous
towards
him.
He
has
claimed
that
he
was
categorically
informed
by
officer
Sameer
Wankhede
in
the
presence
of
several
other
officers
that
since
he
was
associated
with
Dharma
Productions,
they
would
let
him
off
only
if
he
would
implicate
either
Karan
Johar,
or
his
colleagues
Raj
Mehta,
Somen
Mishra,
Rakhi,
Apoorva,
Neeraj
or
Rahil,
falsely
alleging
that
they
consumed
drugs.
Kshitij
Prasad
refused
to
comply
despite
the
pressure
being
mounted
on
him
by
the
NCB,
as
he
did
not
know
any
of
these
people
personally
and
did
not
wish
to
falsely
implicate
anyone.
His
refusal
to
implicate
Karan
Johar
angered
Wankhede,
who
told
Kshitij
that
since
he
did
not
want
to
cooperate,
he
would
teach
him
a
lesson
and
made
him
sit
on
the
floor
next
to
his
chair
and
then
put
his
shoe
near
his
face
and
proclaimed
that
this
was
his
true
"Aukat"
(status).
This
incident
occurred
in
the
presence
of
Sanket
and
several
NCB
Officers,
all
of
whom
laughed
at
Kshitij's
plight,
he
claimed.
The
incident
severely
traumatised
Kshitij,
as
he
had
never
seen
such
a
thing
before
in
his
life,
he
claimed
in
his
bail
plea.