Rhea Chakraborty Arrested By NCB, Bollywood Says Smash The Patriarchy!

While we follow due diligence before issuing our news items, we learn that tweets appearing to be by the father of Ms Rhea Chakraborty have turned out to be from a fake Twitter handle run by an impostor. We regret the error.

Rhea Chakraborty, who has been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a drug case linked with actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, was sent to 14-day judicial custody on Tuesday after her bail plea was rejected by the court. Meanwhile, Rhea Chakraborty’s father Indrajit Chakraborty has allegedly shared his disappointment and anger on the arrest of his daughter and the rejection of her bail plea in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. In a series of tweets, an unverified account by the name of Indrajit Chakraborty has tweeted that ‘No father can bear injustice on his daughter. I should die’

No father can bear injustice on his daughter.

I should die????#JusticeForRhea https://t.co/whdf64Adj0 — Indrajit Chakraborty (@IndrajitChakra) September 8, 2020

The Twitter profile which claims to be of Rhea's father Indrajeet Chakraborty is not verified and has been misleading many on the micro-blogging site. Rhea Chakraborty has in her statement to the Narcotics Control Bureau accepted her role in procuring drugs for late actor Sushant Singh Rajput and also handling the finances. Soon after Rhea's arrest, several Bollywood personalities on Tuesday demanded justice for actor Rhea Chakraborty by posting a quote on smashing the "patriarchy" and a hashtag #JusticeForRhea. "During her statement, Rhea Chakraborty revealed about her involvement in procurement of drugs and financial transactions and also her instructions to Samuel Miranda, Dipesh Sawant and Showik Chakraborty," NCB said in its application for judicial custody for 14 days for Rhea. Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai apartment on June 14. His death case is currently being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and NCB. Rhea, who was arrested on Tuesday by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), has been charged with abetment in possession, sale, purchase, consumption, transportation of substances under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS). This constitutes prima facie offences under Section 20(b)/22/27/28/29 of the NDPS as per the Crime Information Report of the NCB.