Amid NCB crackdown on Bollywood & drugs, Sonal Mansingh says 'all knew, now it's public'

Commenting on drug racket that has come to light in connection with several Bollywood celebrities in Mumbai, BJP MP Sonal Mansingh said on Wednesday that ‘everyone knew about drug nexus’ but w it has been brought in public domain.

BJP leader expressed hope that Indian film industry would be ‘cleaned’ after a thorough investigation of drug angle and everyone would get justice. Narcotics Control Bureau is looking at many names from Bollywood as drug investigation widens with each passing day. In latest development, drug peddler Anuj Keswani named a top Bollywood actress during his questioning, while filmmaker Madhu Mantena is being questioned by ncy at time of writing. 

Sonal Mansingh says 'everyone knew'

Commenting on drug racket that has come to light in connection with several Bollywood celebrities in Mumbai, BJP MP Sonal Mansingh said on Wednesday that ‘everyone knew about drug nexus’ but w it has been brought in public domain. 

“Everyone new about, w it is public domain. I hope that industry is cleaned after this investigation. Everyone should get justice” BJP leader said.

Sonal Mansingh, who is also a classical dancer, said, people often hail “wealthy Bollywood celebrities and t artists like her who earn less”. She expressed confidence that investigation would reveal truth behind Bollywood drug mafia.

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With NCB's massive crackdown on drug nexus, panic has struck industry as sources have informed that 6 top male Bollywood actors have called ir lawyers to discuss future course.  actors, who are said to be in a panic, have sought legal advice in case ir names crop up or y face summoning.

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2017 drug chats accessed

Republic Media Network had earlier accessed WhatsApp chats of an actor 'D' (who was later confirmed as being Deepika Padukone) and 'K' - confirmed to be Deepika's manr Karishma Prakash - who were both a part of WhatsApp group with Jaya Saha and would apparently use it to coordinate drugs, with all three being affiliated to same ncy, KWAN.

Following that, ar set of conversations came to fore where Jaya Saha is discussing providing drugs to ar pair of actors, 'S' and 'N', with 'S' later confirmed to be Shraddha Kapoor.

re are at least two angles running in tandem in terms of NCB's investigation into link between Bollywood and drugs - regarding Sushant Singh Rajput-Rhea Chakraborty and associated angle and regarding Manjinder Singh Sirsa's complaint about a 2019 Bollywood party video that had emerged earlier in which a lot of Bollywood stars were present.

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