Actor Arjun Rampal arrives at NCB office for questioning in Bollywood Drug probe

Actor Arjun Rampal on Monday arrived at office of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Mumbai for questioning on Bollywood drug investigation that is linked to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. This is second time actor has been summoned for interrogation after he was grilled by ncy for several hours in vember.

Rampal was seen walking out of his car at 11:30 am towards NCB office, amid police security and media presence. He was originally summoned on Wednesday, December 16 but he h failed to answer his summons due to ‘personal reasons’ and requested to join probe on a later date. NCB h allegedly warned Rampal that action would be initiated against him if he failed to appear on revised date.

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NCB h earlier raided actor’s residence on vember 9 and h seized electronic ggets such as laptops, mobile phones and tablets. officials have also questioned his driver during investigation. actor was questioned by NCB for several hours last month, while his partner Gabriella Demetries was quizzed for two consecutive days. Rampal’s friend Paul Bartel and Gabriella’s bror Agisilaos Demetries have alrey been arrested by ncy.

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Rampal refutes reports of drug use

Refuting reports of alleged drug links, Rampal h told media that NCB h found a prescription for medicines at his residence, which was handed over to officials. actor also said that he was cooperating with investigation and NCB officials were doing a good job.

Over last two days, NCB has conducted a major crackdown on peddlers in Mumbai, who are supplying drugs to those associated with Bollywood. Central ncy has so far nabbed 29 people including Bollywood celebs, comedienne Bharti Singh, her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa and bror of Arjun Rampal’s partner Agisilaos Demetries.

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In most recent development, NCB on Thursday approached Bollywood filmmaker and producer Karan Johar in connection with 2019 party video that h come under severe scrutiny over last couple of months following a complaint by Manjinder Singh Sirsa. Johar submitted his response to  ncy on Friday through a pen drive and a letter, via his lawyer and a staffer.

His summons came after repeated interrogations of top Bollywood celebrities including Deepika Pukone, Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet Singh, Shrdha Kapoor, and latest being Arjun Rampal. 

w-deleted video from 2019 features Karan Johar recording guests at his party one by one, Deepika Pukone, Shakun Batra, Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor-Mira Rajput, Varun Dhawan-Natasha Dalal, Rohit Dhawan, Zoya Akhtar, Ranbir Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Ayan Mukerji, Pooja Shetty Deora, among ors.

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