Published 09:19 IST, September 14th 2020

NCB arrests 6 more including 'apex names' in Sushant case drug nexus; Rhea may move HC

Mumbai Zonal Unit of Narcotics Control Bureau has arrested six more persons in connection with the drug nexus linked to the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

Reported by: Pritesh Kamath
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Mumbai Zonal Unit of Narcotics Control Bureau has arrested six more persons in connection with drug nexus linked to Sushant Singh Rajput death case. Karamjeet Singh, Dwayne Fernandes, Sanket Patel, Ankush Arneja, Sandeep Gupta and Aftab Fateh Ansari will be produced in  ditional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate(ACMM) court via video conferencing.

This comes as Republic Media Network reported on Sunday afteron that NCB is likely to make more arrests in connection with drug nexus. NCB sources h revealed that drug peddler named Dwayne was in direct contact with Rhea Chakraborty's bror Showik Chakraborty. Dwayne supplied drugs to Showik and Sushant’s house help Dipesh Sawant on multiple occasions. 

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Karamjeet, Showik's school friend, is alleged to have supplied drugs through Sushant's staff Dipesh Sawant and house manr Samuel Miranda more than 10 times. Karamjeet was detained by NCB on Saturday for allegedly providing drugs to Showik.

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Rhea likely to move Bombay High Court

Rhea Chakraborty, main accused in Sushant Singh Rajput death case, is most likely to move Bombay High Court as her bail plea was rejected by Mumbai sessions court on Friday. Apart from Rhea, bail plea of ors who were arrested in connection to drug nexus including her bror Showik were also rejected and all arrested have been lodged in Byculla jail.

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Besides Rhea and Showik, Sushant's house manr Samuel Miranda and staff Dipesh Sawant, alleged drug peddlers Zaid and Basit have also been arrested and are in Byculla Jail after having ir bail pleas rejected.

Rhea in her bail plea h claimed incence and stated that she was falsely implicated Her counsels contended that offence was bailable citing that drugs or psychotropic substances were seized. bail plea alleged that she was interrogated from September 6 to 8 in absence of any female constable or officer, calling it a violation of a Supreme Court directive. vocate Maneshinde has said y will move Bombay High Court after receiving order copy of bail plea rejection by sessions court. 

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09:19 IST, September 14th 2020