Vikrant Shekhawat : Sep 05, 2020, 10:35 PM
News Helpline . Mumbai | Esplanade Court has sent late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty's brother Showik Chakraborty and his house manager Samuel Miranda to NCB custody till 9th September.
Showik and Miranda were brought to the court after a medical check-up at a Sion hospital and the court sent them to custody for further investigation.The development comes a day after Showik and Miranda were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) following day-long questioning by the drug law enforcement agency as part of its probe into the drug angle in the Bollywood star's death.The duo was arrested after the agency got adequate evidence against them about their involvement in the drug case. The arrest came after it was found that Showik used to order the drugs from another arrested accused Abdel Basit Parihar, who was arrested earlier.The agency will interrogate Showik and Miranda and also confront them with the other arrested accused. The official said that the duo will also be grilled over information from laptops and chats obtained by the agency. Showik used to order 'ganja' and marijuana from drug-peddler Parihar and make payments to him over Google Pay.The NCB registered a case on August 26 under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, naming Rhea, her brother, talent manager Jaya Saha, Sushant's co-manager Shruti Modi, and Goa-based hotelier Gaurav Arya, after the Enforcement Directorate wrote to it about the drugs angle.This followed discovery of WhatsApp messages between Rhea and Shruti Modi, Miranda and Sushant's flatmate Siddharth Pithani.The NCB is the third Central agency to join the probe into the death case of Sushant, after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the ED.
Showik and Miranda were brought to the court after a medical check-up at a Sion hospital and the court sent them to custody for further investigation.The development comes a day after Showik and Miranda were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) following day-long questioning by the drug law enforcement agency as part of its probe into the drug angle in the Bollywood star's death.The duo was arrested after the agency got adequate evidence against them about their involvement in the drug case. The arrest came after it was found that Showik used to order the drugs from another arrested accused Abdel Basit Parihar, who was arrested earlier.The agency will interrogate Showik and Miranda and also confront them with the other arrested accused. The official said that the duo will also be grilled over information from laptops and chats obtained by the agency. Showik used to order 'ganja' and marijuana from drug-peddler Parihar and make payments to him over Google Pay.The NCB registered a case on August 26 under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, naming Rhea, her brother, talent manager Jaya Saha, Sushant's co-manager Shruti Modi, and Goa-based hotelier Gaurav Arya, after the Enforcement Directorate wrote to it about the drugs angle.This followed discovery of WhatsApp messages between Rhea and Shruti Modi, Miranda and Sushant's flatmate Siddharth Pithani.The NCB is the third Central agency to join the probe into the death case of Sushant, after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the ED.