Sushant Singh Rajput Drug Case: NCB Arrests A Drug Peddler In Goa
Earlier this week, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a drug peddler in Goa in connection with the drugs case linked to the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Earlier
this
week,
the
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB)
has
arrested
a
drug
peddler
in
Goa
in
connection
with
the
drugs
case
linked
to
the
death
of
Bollywood
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput.
NCB
revealed
in
an
official
statement
that
the
accused,
Hemal
Shah,
was
nabbed
by
a
team
of
the
anti-drug
agency
on
Friday.
Shah
is
set
to
be
produced
before
a
court
on
May
8,
2021.
"Shah's
alleged
involvement
came
to
light
during
the
investigation
of
a
drugs
case
linked
to
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
death,"
the
police
revealed
that
a
trap
was
laid
and
Shah
was
apprehended
in
Goa.
The
NCB
had
launched
a
probe
into
the
alleged
use
of
drugs
in
the
film
and
entertainment
industry
after
Rajput's
untimely
death
at
his
home
in
Mumbai
in
June
last
year.
The
NCB
has
made
over
50
arrests
in
the
drugs
case
since
the
investigation
began
back
in
2020.
Early
in
April,
NCB
also
arrested
two
peddlers
in
Mumbai
after
conduction
raids
at
several
locations
including
Bandra,
Parel
and
Santacruz.
Back
in
2020,
the
central
agency
had
arrested
Rajput's
girlfriend,
actor
Rhea
Chakraborty,
her
brother
Showik
and
a
few
others
under
the
Narcotic
Drugs
and
Psychotropic
Substances
(NDPS)
Act.
NCB
has
already
filed
a
charge
sheet
in
the
case.
The
12,000-page
charge
sheet
presented
to
the
Mumbai
Sessions
Court
in
connection
with
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
death
and
drug
case
named
33
people
and
contained
statements
of
200.
Rhea
Chakraborty,
her
brother
Showik
and
some
of
the
other
accused
are
currently
out
on
bail.