ANI
Confirmed
This
New
Development
The
news
agency
took
to
his
Twitter
page
and
wrote,
"Dharma
Productions
executive
producer
Kshitij
Ravi
Prasad
to
be
arrested
by
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
soon,
in
connection
with
a
drug
probe.
Formalities
are
being
completed."
Kshitij
Arranged
Drugs
On
Many
Occasions:
Report
According
to
NCB
officials,
Kshitij
allegedly
arranged
drugs
on
many
occasions,
stated
a
report
in
India
Today.
Further,
another
report
in
Times
Now
claimed
that
Kshitij
was
evasive
during
his
questioning
and
the
investigating
team
found
his
answers
allegedly
"unsatisfactory."
Kshitij's
name came
up
when
NCB
probed
a
drug
peddler.
The
peddler
claimed
that
Kshitij
was
in
constant
touch
with
him,
and
procured
drugs
from
him
on
multiple
occasions.
The
News
Of
Kshitiji's
Arrest
Comes
Hours
After
Karan
Johar
Clarified
That
He
Didn't
Know
Kshitij
Personally
On
Friday,
Karan
Johar
issued
an
official
statement,
a
part
of
which
read,
"I
would
like
to
further
state
that
several
media/news
channels
have
been
airing
news
reports
that
Kshitij
Prasad
and
Anubhav
Chopra
are
my
‘aides'/'close
aides'.
I
would
like
to
place
on
record
that
I
don't
know
these
individuals
personally
and
neither
of
these
two
individuals
are
‘aides'
or
‘close
aides'."
The
producer
said
that
neither
he
nor
his
company
can
be
held
accountable
for
what
people
do
in
their
lives,
adding
that
"the
allegations
do
not
pertain
to
Dharma
Productions."
He
further
said
in
his
statement
that
Kshitij
joined
Dharmatic
Entertainment
in
November
2019
as
one
of
the
executive
producers
on
contract
basis
for
a
project
which
eventually
didn't
materialize.