Drug peddler Basit visited Rhea & Showik often; made contacts via their parties: Sources

As Rhea Chakraborty's bror Showik and Sushant's ex-house manr Samuel Miranda were picked up by NCB, top sources have told Republic Media Network that drug peddler Basit Parihar met both Rhea and her bror 'regularly.' Sources said that  Showik met Basit Parihar at a football club in Bandra and y soon became friends. Sources said that Basit regularly visited Chakrabortys and that ir friendship evolved over a period of time. In a major revelation, sources also said that Basit was in touch with a prominent drug peddler Sohail - who provided buds. Sources said that Showik took Basit to parties and established his contacts.

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Showik met Basit at football club in Bandra

Top sources have told Republic Media Network that Showik met Basit Parihar at a football club in Bandra and y soon became friends. Basit introduced him to Kaizan Ibraham, who is also been apprehended by NCB for questioning. Ibraham works as a PR executive in a restaurant, sources said. Kaizan supplied drugs to friends through Showik contacts. 

Sources also said that y tried to sell buds at football club where youngsters would come to play. y said that Showik, Basit, Zaid, Kaizan, Karan and Abbas were dealing with curated marijuana or bud. y had purchased buds and sold it off at a profit margin of five times. A local weed has 7 to ten per cent THC (Tetrahydrocannabil) but buds have 28 to 35 THC which makes it very potent and lethal, sources said.   NCB is trying to locate Sohail, y said.  NCB is focusing on criminal conspiracy angle in this case and Showik & Rhea both are being examined by  federal anti-narcotics ncy.

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Showik, Miranda to face joint interrogation

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has sent summons to Rhea Chakraborty's bror Showik and Sushant's ex-house manr Samuel Miranda. While Miranda has been picked by NCB team and has been taken to ncy's office in Mumbai's Ballard Pier, sources said that Showik has called NCB team & urged to join probe 'due to media presence.' Both are currently at NCB office. 

NCB Deputy Director KPS Malhotra confirmed that Showik, Miranda will be jointly interrogated and y will be made to confront drug peddlers also. As  NCB team raided house of Rhea and Miranda on Friday morning, ncy has seized Showik's laptop and crucial digital evidence. Moreover, drug peddler Basit is currently being taken for medical test and n is likely to be produced before magistrate court.

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NCB raids Rhea's and Samuel Miranda's house

In a massive development on Friday, NCB raided Rhea Chakraborty's residence who is prime accused in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. NCB team reached Rhea’s residence on early Friday morning and began searching house for any furr evidence that may confirm that accused was dealing in narcotics. Shortly after, NCB also raided Samuel Miranda's residence, and sources informed that Rhea's laptop, hard drive have been seized. 

Republic TV on Thursday, accessed a WhatsApp chat between Rhea Chakraborty and her bror Showik from 15th March 2020, where siblings are seeing discussing 'buds' (marijuana). In a private WhatsApp group — including Rhea, Showik, Samuel Miranda, Dipesh Sawant —  conversation indicates revolving around drug procurement.

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