Siddharth Pithani's NCB custody has been extended till June 4 in a drug case related to death case of Sushant Singh Rajput. Siddharth Pithani was Sushant Singh Rajput's friend and also ex-flatmate of the late actor at his Bandra residence in Mumbai.
Mumbai court on Tuesday extended the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) custody of Siddharth Pithani, linked to the Bollywood actor’s death last year.
Earlier on Sunday, the NCB questioned two former domestic workers of Sushant Singh Rajput, Neeraj and Keshav in the case. The anti-drugs agency had issued summons against the duo, for questioning.
Among the prime suspects in the case, Pithani was absconding since long, but was arrested by the NCB in a joint operation with its Hyderabad office on Wednesday, May 26.
The other co-accused in the same case, Samuel Miranda and Dipesh Sawant, had spilled the beans on Pithani in their statements, claiming he was in direct with not only Rajput, but also with actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty, who were also arrested in the case last year.
Pithani's arrest came nearly 3 months after the NCB filed a charge sheet in the Sushant case before a Mumbai special court on March 5, naming 33 persons including the Chakraborty siblings and many others.
A former flat-mate of Sushant, Pithani was among the earliest persons who had seen the actor's body found hanging in his Bandra apartment on June 14, 2020, as the death sparked off a nationwide political furore.
Pithani, who failed to honour previous summonses by the NCB, has been booked under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act.
Sushant was found dead in his Bandra apartment last year on June 14. His death case is currently being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).