The
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB)
earlier
this
month,
arrested
Rhea
Chakraborty
and
brother
Showik
Chakraborty
for
procuring
and
peddling
of
drugs.
Rhea
had
moved
the
Bombay
HC
after
her
bail
was
rejected
from
the
sessions
court
bench
over
a
week
ago.
The
Bombay
HC's
hearing
on
the
bail
application
is
set
to
take
place
on
Tuesday,
September
29.
According
to
ANI,
"Narcotics
Control
Bureau
has
filed
affidavits
in
Bombay
HC
responding
to
the
bail
pleas
of
actor
Rhea
Chakraborty
and
her
brother
Showik
Chakraborty
refuting
the
claims
by
their
lawyer
that
NCB
has
no
jurisdiction
in
this
case
as
per
orders
of
Supreme
Court."
The
affidavit
filed
by
the
agency
read,
"At
the
outset,
it
is
submitted
that
the
application
filed
by
the
applicant
is
devoid
of
any
merits
and
therefore
deserves
to
be
rejected."
The
affidavit
document
accessed
by
Filmibeat
also
mentioned
all
the
grounds
on
which
the
agency
claimed
the
actress
should
not
be
given
bail.
The
agency
revealed
that
during
questioning
Rhea
had
acknowledged
Samuel
Miranda
and
Dipesh
Sawant's
statements
about
their
roles
in
the
procurement
of
drugs
and
her
involvement.
Affidavit
Was
Signed
By
Sameer
Wankhede
The
affidavit
also
read,
"Applicant
(Rhea)
is
an
active
member
of
the
drug
syndicate
connected
with
drug
supplies.
The
present
applicant
is
a
prominent
member
of
the
supply
chain
of
drugs
to
Sushant
and
majorly
she
is
handling
finance
also."
Rhea
Was
Arrested
By
NCB
On
September
8
Notably,
Rhea
was
arrested
by
the
agency
on
September
8,
after
three
days
of
consequent
questioning.
While
her
judicial
custody
initially
was
until
September
22,
the
court
had
extended
it
till
October
9
in
the
last
hearing.
Kshitij
Prasad
Was
Arrested
By
NCB
Last
Week
Meanwhile,
NCB
has
questioned
other
Bollywood
actors
to
uncover
the
drugs
nexus
in
the
entertainment
industry.
The
agency
had
summoned
Deepika
Padukone,
Sara
Ali
Khan,
Rakul
Preet
Singh
and
Shraddha
Kapoor
last
week.
NCB
also
arrested
Kshitij
Prasad,
who
was
briefly
associated
with
a
production
house.