Rhea Chakraborty's 'use 4 drops' contact Jaya Saha summoned by ED as drug angle emerges

Enforcement Directorate (ED) which is probing financial angle in death case of actor Sushant Singh Rajput has summoned Rhea Chakraborty's former talent manr Jaya Saha. development comes after Jaya Saha's name surfaced in some text messs with Rhea in which a discussion about putting "four drops" of some substance in somebody's drink.  mess, allegedly sent in late 2019 reads,  “Use 4 drops in tea, let him sip it …. Give it 30-40 mins to kick in”.

Narcotics dept to discuss ED drug reference

On Monday, a top ED source told Republic TV that ED has shared evidence of Rhea Chakraborty's use and dealing in narcotics with CBI. Sources also informed Republic TV that senior officials of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) will meet later in day in Delhi to discuss ED reference with reference to Rhea Chakraborty's WhatsApp chats and suspected links with drug dealers and dealings with banned substance and narcotics.

CBI sources have told Republic TV that an AIIMS panel will probe homicide angle in death case.  ncy is yet to summon Rhea and her family members but sources said it is ready to quiz main accused in case with a set of 24 questions.

Meanwhile, Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde released a statement denying that  actor has “never consumed drugs in her lifetime. She’s ready for a blood test at any time.” He hasn't said anything about allegations of dealing in m, however.

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MSHRC sends tice to Cooper Hospital & Mumbai Police

Earlier in day, Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) sent a show-cause tice to Cooper Hospital in Mumbai over providing access to Rhea Chakraborty to mortuary at time when late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's post-mortem was being conducted. A tice has also been sent by  statutory automous body to Mumbai Police seeking details of regulation under which she was allowed to enter  Mortuary.

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Currently, at time of publishing, CBI is grilling Siddharth Pithani, Dpesh Sawant, and cook Neeraj at DRDO guest house in Mumbai for fifth consecutive day. emergence of narcotics angle has caused significant and fast-paced developments.

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