Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Deepika Padukone's Manager In Drug Case Related To Sushant Singh Rajput’s Death

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has been probing alleged nexus between drug peddlers and Bollywood celebrities which came to light after Rajput's death in June last year.

Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Deepika Padukone's Manager In Drug Case

A special NDPS court on Thursday rejected the pre-arrest bail plea of Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone's manager Karishma Prakash in a drug case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. After the alleged drugs chat exchanged on 2017 between Deepika Padukone and her manager Karishma Prakash came to light, both of them were questioned by the NCB last year.

Fearing arrest in the drug-related probe into the death of Rajput, Prakash had filed an anticipatory bail application before the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) court in October last year. After hearing extensive submissions made by both defence and prosecution, special judge VV Widwans rejected her plea for anticipatory bail.

The court, however, stayed the order till August 25 to allow Prakash to approach the Bombay High court. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has been probing alleged nexus between drug peddlers and Bollywood celebrities which came to light after Rajput's death in June last year. The CBI is separately probing Rajput's death case.

Prakash's name cropped up during interrogation of one of the arrested drug peddlers. The central agency has so far arrested more than 20 persons as part of its investigation into the drug case. Most of the accused, including the late actor's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, are out on bail currently.

Earlier, NCB questioned Arjun Rampal for almost six hours today (December 21, 2020). An official told PTI, “Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal was on Monday questioned for nearly six hours by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with a drug case lodged following the death of filmstar Sushant Singh Rajput.”

With inputs from PTI