In
the
latest
development
in
the
drug
probe
by
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB)
linked
to
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
death
case,
the
agency
has
summoned
actress
Deepika
Padukone's
manager
Karishma
Prakash
and
KWAN
talent
agency's
CEO
Dhruv
Chitgopekar.
On
Tuesday,
Times
Now
released
WhatsApp
chats
between
Sushant's
former
manager
Jaya
Saha,
a
'K'
and
a
'D',
discussing
drug
supplies.
The
chat
messages
dating
to
October
2017
showed
show
'D'
asking
for
"maal"
from
'K'
who
replies
that
she
has
it,
but
it
is
at
home.
Later,
in
the
chat,
'D'
is
seen
clarifying
that
she
needs
"hash"
and
not
"weed"
as
they
plan
to
meet
up
at
a
restaurant.
The
news
channel
later
claimed
that
the
name
'D'
that
surfaced
in
drugs
chat
is
Deepika
Padukone
and
'K'
is
her
manager
Karishma
Prakash.
The
NCB
is
reportedly
looking
into
Jaya
Saha's
chat
history
to
summon
people
in
connection
with
the
drug
angle.
Further,
the
revelations
of
Deepika
Padukone's
alleged
chats
about
drugs
has
brought
KWAN
talent
management
agency,
which
handled
the
actor's
work,
under
the
scanner.
According
to
a
report
in
Republic,
KWAN
talent
agency's
CEO
Dhruv
will
be
quizzed
by
the
NCB
on
Tuesday.
Meanwhile,
Shraddha
Kapoor,
Sara
Ali
Khan,
Rakul
Preet
Singh
and
Simone
Khambatta
will
also
be
summoned
by
the
NCB
this
week.
Earlier,
the
NCB
arrested
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
actress-girlfriend
Rhea
Chakraborty
in
connection
with
the
drugs
case
linked
to
the
actor's
death.
Rhea's
judiciary
custody
ends
today
(September
22,
2020).
It
needs
to
be
seen
if
the
actress
is
granted
bail
or
if
her
stay
in
Byculla
jail
gets
extended.
The
NCB
has
also
arrested
Rhea's
brother
Showik
Chakraborty,
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
personal
staff
Deepesh
Sawant
and
Samuel
Miranda
in
the
drug
peddling
case.
The
bail
plea
hearing
of
Sawant
and
Miranda
is
scheduled
for
September
29.
The
NCB
joined
the
probe
in
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
death
case
after
the
Enforcement
Directorate
(ED)
stumbled
upon
drug-related
chats
while
investigating
the
money
laundering
angle
in
the
case.