NCB sends summons to Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet, Shraddha Kapoor in Bollywood drug probe

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), who are probing the Bollywood drug nexus linked to the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, has issued summons to actresses Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet Singh and Shraddha Kapoor. They have also called in Deepika's manager Karisma, designer Simone Khambatta, and Sushant Singh Rajput's manager Shruti Modi for questioning. They will be called in in the coming three days.

Shruti Modi, Simone Khambatta and Rakul Preet have been summoned for questioning by the NCB tomorrow (September 24).

Karisma has been interrogated by the NCB, along with Kwan employee and Sushant's former talent manager Jaya Saha. According to NCB sources, the agency has also acquired chats between Jaya Saha and Karishma in which they were discussing drugs.

Deepika's WhatsApp chats with Karishma were also retrieved by the NCB in which the two were seen discussing drugs. Karishma works with Jaya Saha. Earlier, Jaya's chats with Rhea Chakraborty about CBD oil were also retrieved by NCB.

Rhea, in her statement to the NCB, had confessed that she would party with Sara, Shraddha, Rakul and Sushant at the actor's Lonavala farmhouse.

Earlier, India Today had revealed that a boatman told the NCB that late actor Sushant Singh Rajput used to party at his Lonavala farmhouse. In his statement to the NCB, the boatman, Jagdish Das, had claimed that the farmhouse was a party destination for Sushant, his core team, and Bollywood friends like Rhea, Sara, Shraddha, and arrested drug-peddling suspect Zaid Vilatra, among others. The boatman also alleged that ganja and liquor were common in their island parties

The NCB had arrested Rhea on September 8 and asked for a 14-day judicial custody of her till September 22. She was arrested for allegedly procuring drugs for Sushant.

Rhea and her brother Showik's bail plea was to be heard at the Bombay High Court today but was delayed due to heavy rain in the city. As of now, both Rhea and Showik's judicial custody has been extended till October 6.

Deepika Padukone, meanwhile, is currently shooting for Shakun Batra's upcoming film in Goa.