Maharashtra (SunstarTV Bureau): Bollywood Actor Arjun Rampal reaches Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with a drug case, today. He has summoned by the agency to appear before it for questioning.
NCB, has been investigating the drug angle into late actor Rajput’s death, has till now arrested 28 people.
Last month, the central anti-narcotics agency had conducted a search at Rampal’s residence in Bandra and seized electronics gadgets and some medicine which are restricted under the NDPS Act. He was then questioned vigorously for nearly seven hours on November 13.
His partner Gabriella Demetriades was questioned twice, after she was held responsible for the narcotics transaction. NCB involved Rampal and Demetriades in the investigation after they discovered the involvement of Demetriades’ brother Agisilaos Demetriades in drug cases and found that he was in touch with many Bollywood celebrities, said an NCB officer.
Actor Arjun Rampal reaches Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He has summoned by the agency to appear before it for questioning in a drug case. pic.twitter.com/5qzDJ7Ers9
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Agisilaos, was arrested on October 17 from a resort at Lonawala where he was staying with his fiance. NCB officials recovered 0.8 grams of a black-coloured sticky substance purported to be hashish (charas). Alprazolam tablets were also found in a search at his Khar residence.
Before this, Bollywood actors like Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh have also been questioned by NCB officials. The list includes celebrities like comedienne Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa.