Published 22:33 IST, September 6th 2020
NCB probe timeline: From conducting raids to arresting Showik Chakraborty & summoning Rhea
From conducting raids at the houses of prime accused including Rhea Chakraborty, to making nearly 8 arrests in less than a week, here's the full timeline
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Over last 3 days, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has me several breakthroughs as y try to unearth underlying drug cartel in Mumbai along lines of wider probe into Sushant Singh Rajput's death. From conducting a series of raids at houses of prime accused including Rhea Chakraborty, to making nearly 8 arrests in less than a week, here's a timeline of NCB's probe into case.
NCB gets custody of alleged drug dealers
In explosive WhatsApp chats accessed by Republic TV between Showik and a friend from October 2019, Showik mitted that he knew drug dealers — Zaid Vilatra and Abdul Basit Parihar. He also names drug dealers like Karamjeet, Raj, and Suryeep in chats. NCB was on Thursday granted custody of both Zaid and Basit till September 9. Apart from two, and a third suspect, two ors were also apprehended, making it a total of 5.
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Rhea & Samuel Miranda's houses raided
On Friday, NCB raided Rhea Chakraborty's residence based on mountain of evidence that surfaced following her Whatsapp chats with alleged drug dealers in city. Chats from Rhea's Whatsapp group with bror Showik, Samuel Miranda, Dipesh Sawant where she was seen discussing 'buds' amongst or drugs with group members, were accessed.
Shortly after, sources informed Republic that role of Rhea's bror Showik and his purported links with people nabbed by NCB is under scanner of ncy. NCB sources ded that Showik h sought purchase of 5 grams of drugs for Rs 10,000 via Samuel Miranda and cell tower data showed Miranda being within 125m of drug dealer consequent to this.
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Shortly after raiding Rhea's house, NCB raided Samuel Miranda's residence. Samuel Miranda was immediately taken into custody by NCB team after his house was raided. tably, Showik was issued a summon to join investigation on Saturday.
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Showik and Samuel Miranda arrested
On Saturday, Showik Chakraborty at NCB's office allegedly confessed that he h procured drugs on instructions of his sister - Rhea Chakraborty. Moreover, Showik claimed that Rhea h asked him and Sushant's ex-house manr Samuel Miranda to procure drugs, ding that he was in contact with several or drug peddlers.
Following his confession, NCB arrested both Showik Chakraborty and Samuel Miranda. A Mumbai court gave custody of both to NCB till September 9. reafter, NCB immediately issued a summon to Rhea Chakraborty by late evening on Saturday itself.
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At 10 pm in night, Sushant Singh Rajput’s staff Dipesh Sawant was arrested by NCB following furr inputs and he allegedly underwent a night of grilling.
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Rhea arrives for questioning
On Sunday morning, Rhea Chakraborty arrived at NCB's office in Mumbai's Ball Pier to undergo questioning. Rhea Chakraborty chose to join NCB's investigation but sought Mumbai Police's protection. Amid heavy Police presence and two Mumbai Police vehicle escorting her from her Juhu residence, she reached NCB office at on.
On or hand, Dipesh Sawant was produced before a Mumbai court that granted his custody to NCB till September 9. Rhea's questioning is still underway.
Meanwhile, as per sources, two teams of NCB are currently conducting raids in Bandra and Santacruz, looking for certain drug dealers mentioned by Showik during his interrogation. ncy has a list of 28.
Rhea to be summoned again
After being grilled for 6 hours by NCB, Rhea Chakraborty has been summoned again by bureau for her statement on 7th September. NCB refused to share more details of ongoing investigation with reporters outside ncy's office.
17:31 IST, September 6th 2020