After Deepika Padukone, NCB Summons Producer Madhu Mantena

The ‘Queen’ producer Madhu Mantena co-founded ‘Phantom Films’ with Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl and Vikramaditya Motwane. Read on.

New Delhi: Ever since the investigation for the death case of Sushant Singh Rajput was transferred to the CBI, many shocking revelations have come to the limelight. In the latest development, Bollywood star Deepika Padukone’s name has emerged in one of the WhatsApp chats where the ‘Padmaavat’ actress can be seen asking for ‘maal, hash’ from a certain person ‘K’. After Deepika Padukone, it is now National Award-Winning Producer Madhu Mantena who will be reportedly summoned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday. The ‘Hasee Toh Phasee’ producer was married to fashion designer Masaba Gupta. The couple officially called it off in March 2019. The ‘Queen’ producer also co-founded ‘Phantom Films’ with Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl and Vikramaditya Motwane. Recently, a few drug chats came under the radar of NCB which had mentions of individuals with initials ‘D’ and ‘K’. Reportedly, the initials have been identified as Deepika Padukone and her manager Karishma Prakash respectively. In the chats, ‘D’ can be seen asking for ‘maal, hash’ from ‘K’ and their conversation is dated back from 2017. Also, during the same conversation, ‘D’ clarifies that she wants hash and not weed. ‘K’ mentions that she is at her house and can get the same from someone named Amit. Both of them reportedly also discuss the place they were going to meet. ‘K’, who has been identified as Karishma Prakash is a KWAN employee. Also, the NCB has questioned Sushant Singh Rajput’s talent manager Jaya Saha and celebrity manager Shruti Modi for more than 5 hours on Monday. Jaya Saha was reportedly also questioned about her drug chats with several other celebrities. Meanwhile, NCB, sources have also confirmed to a news channel that actors Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan are likely to be summoned by the agency at some point this week. Stay tuned for more updates!