Rhea
Chakraborty
was
arrested
by
the
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
on
September
8,
2020.
The
NCB
had
stepped
in
to
investigate
the
drug
angle
that
had
emerged
from
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
death
case.
According
to
the
latest
reports,
Rhea
has
been
sent
to
14-day
judicial
custody
until
September
21.
The
remand
copy
that
the
NCB
filed
before
the
court
mentions
that
Rhea
used
to
procure
drugs
but
makes
no
mention
of
her
consuming
drugs.
The
NCB
also
indicated
that
it
was
satisfied
with
Rhea's
responses
during
the
investigation,
and
said
that
they
do
not
require
further
custodial
interrogation
at
the
moment.
Rhea
was
arrested
under
Sections
8
(c),
20
(b),
27
(a),
28
and
29
of
NDPS
Act,
after
being
grilled
for
over
three
days.
She
confessed
to
financing
and
procuring
marijuana
for
consumption
by
her
then
boyfriend,
the
late
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
but
denied
consuming
drugs
herself.
Rhea's
brother
Showik
Chakraborty
and
Sushant's
personal
staffer
Samuel
Miranda
were
arrested
by
the
agency
on
September
4.
They
confessed
that
they
used
to
arrange
marijuana
and
facilitate
their
delivery
for
Sushant.
Their
remand
ends
tomorrow,
on
September
9.
The
lawyer
of
Sushant's
former
manager
Shruti
Modi,
who
has
also
been
accused
of
abetting
to
the
actor's
suicide
by
his
family,
had
said
that
Sushant
had
been
consuming
drugs
since
before
he
got
into
a
relationship
with
Rhea,
and
that
his
family
members
knew
about
it.
He
also
said
that
one
of
Sushant's
sisters
used
to
attend
substance
abuse
parties
organized
at
his
place.
When
asked
to
comment
on
Rhea's
arrest,
Sushant's
family
lawyer
Vikas
Singh
said
that
the
drug
charges
against
Rhea
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
family's
case.
However,
Sushant's
sister
Shweta
Singh
Kirti
reacted
to
Rhea's
arrest
by
tweeting,
#GodIsWithUs."