NCB arrests Rhea Chakraborty in drug case related to Sushant Singh Rajput death probe

Narcotics Control Bureau arrested Rhea Chakraborty on Tuesday in connection with drug case related to Sushant Singh Rajput death probe.

Rhea arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Mumbai, said KPS Malhotra, Deputy Director, Narcotics Control Bureau.

She has been charged under various sections of the NDPS Act for her alleged role in the drugs angle which has emerged in the investigations into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Rhea will be taken for a medical test shortly and is likely to be produced before a magistrate through video-conferencing for remand in the evening.

Earlier on Tuesday, Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty appeared before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for the third consecutive day in connection with the ongoing probe into the alleged drugs angle shrouding the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

On Sunday, she appeared before the NCB for the first time and was subjected to a six-hour grilling as investigators went hammer and tongs after drug related allegations that have emerged in the death case.

Again on Monday, Rhea was questioned by at least two NCB teams for eight hours on various aspects of the narcotic drugs thread that has cropped up in the Sushant case.

After the grilling, the actress -- who has all along claimed she is innocent -- went to the Bandra Police and lodged a complaint again Priyanka Singh -- the sister of Sushant -- alleging forged medical prescriptions.

On September 5, Rhea's brother Showik Chakraborty, Sushant's home manager Samuel Miranda, his house helper Dipesh Sawant were arrested and sent to the NCB custody till September 9 (Wednesday).