SunstarTV Bureau: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had arrested assistant film director, Rishikesh Pawar in connection with a drugs case linked to the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, on Tuesday evening.
According to the official, Pawar was detained by the NCB in the morning and he was arrested following questioning.
The name of Pawar, who was a friend of the late actor, had cropped up during interrogation of other accused arrested earlier in the case, said Sameer Wankhede, zonal director of the central agency.
The NCB had earlier raided Pawars residence and seized some gadgets.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing Rajput’s death while the NCB is investigating the drugs angle related to the case.
The NCB is also probing the alleged Bollywood-drugs nexus and had conducted multiple raids over the last few months. The central anti-drugs agency had also arrested a number of drug peddlers.
