Rhea Chakraborty Arrested By NCB: Lawyer Satish Maneshinde Calls It 'Travesty Of Justice'
The Bollywood actress was arrested by the NCB for her alleged links with the drug cartel and for buying drugs for the late Sushant Singh Rajput, who was her boyfriend.
Actress
Rhea
Chakraborty
was
arrested
by
the
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB)
in
Mumbai
on
September
8,
2020,
in
connection
with
the
death
of
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
on
June
14,
2020.
However,
FilmiBeat
has
learnt
that
the
NCB
will
not
seek
the
custody
of
Rhea
Chakraborty.
Rhea's
arrest
comes
three
days
after
her
brother
Showik
Chakraborty
was
arrested
along
with
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
house
manager
Samuel
Miranda.
Rhea
Chakraborty's
lawyer
Satish
Maneshinde
has
reacted
to
her
arrest,
calling
it
an
absolute
"travesty
of
justice".
Read
his
statement
here.
Advocate
Satish
Maneshinde
said
in
a
statement
to
the
media,
"Travesty
of
Justice.
3
Central
Agencies
hounding
a
single
Woman,
just
because
she
was
in
love
with
a
Drug
Addict
and
was
suffering
from
Mental
Health
issues
for
several
years
under
the
care
of
5
Leading
Psychiatrists
in
Mumbai,
who
ended
up
committing
suicide
due
to
consumption
of
Illegally
Administered
Medicines
and
used
drugs."
It
may
be
recalled
that
Rhea
Chakraborty,
before
going
in
for
questioning
with
the
NCB
after
her
brother
Showik
Chakraborty's
arrest,
had
said
through
her
lawyer
that
she
was
ready
for
arrest.
Rhea
Chakraborty
was
arrested
by
the
NCB
over
drug
charges
under
section
8
(c),
20
(b),
27
(a),
28
and
29
of
NDPS
Act.
Rhea
Chakraborty
was
grilled
by
the
agency
for
over
three
days
over
her
alleged
links
with
the
drug
cartel.
She
has
confessed
to
buying
drugs
for
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
but
denied
consuming
drugs
herself,
although
she
admitted
to
attending
drug
parties.
On
September
8,
Rhea
Chakraborty
was
taken
for
medical
examination
at
Mumbai's
Sion
Hospital
before
being
taken
into
custody
for
interrogation.
Her
COVID-19
report
is
negative.
Rhea
Chakraborty
was
arrested
at
4
pm
on
September
8.
Incidentally,
her
brother
Showik
Chakraborty
and
SSR
house
manager
Samuel
Miranda
are
still
in
NCB
custody
and
their
remand
ends
tomorrow,
September
9.
There
is
a
possibility
of
the
actress
being
confronted
with
Showik
and
Samuel
during
questioning.
There
is
a
court
hearing
after
7
pm
today.
All
court
proceedings
will
be
done
remotely
over
video
call,
considering
the
COVID-19
scenario.