NCB arrests Showik Chakraborty, Samuel Miranda after admitting to drugs procurement

UPDATE at 9:00 PM 

Sources report that NCB will complete arrest formalities in Showik and Miranda's arrest in next 2 hours. Sources add that Showik and Miranda have been booked under IPC sections 20 (B) -deals with production, possession, transportation and us of cannibis,  28 (counterfeit), 29 and 27 (A).

In a massive development, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), on Friday, arrested Showik Chakraborty and Samuel Miranda  in connection with ongoing 'drug angle' probe in Sushant Singh Rajput death case. This development comes minutes after Showik allegedly confessed that he had allegedly procured drugs on instructions of his sister - actor Rhea Chakraborty. Moreover, Showik claimed that Rhea had allegedly asked him and Sushant's ex-house manr Samuel Miranda to procure drugs adding that he was allegedly in contact with several or drug peddlers, as per NCB sources. Showik and Miranda's arrest are in addition to arrests of three ors - Basit Parihar, Kaizan Ibraham and Zaid.

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NCB raids Showik & Samuel Miranda's houses

Earlier in day, NCB raided Showik Chakraborty's and Samuel Miranda's residences and searched Rhea Chakraborty's car, phone, and laptop in connection with 'drug angle' to case. Moreover, sources at NCB revealed that Showik allegedly met 'drug peddler' Basit Parihar at a football club in Bandra to gain access to drugs. Parihar was already in contact with ar drug peddler named Sohail - who allegedly supplied Showik and Rhea, marijuana also kwn as 'buds'. Rhea has already been issued a tice in NCB case and is likely to be summoned.

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ED probe into 'drug angle'

ED has analysed Whatsapp conversations between Rhea and ors regarding consuming weed and Cannabidiol (CBD) illegally since 2017. It summarises three conversations which point to  - illegal procurement of weed by Showik in April-May 2020, Saha delivering CBD to Rhea to allegedly mix with Rajput's coffee in vember 2019 and similar such conversations about procuring weed illegally in March 2017 and April 2020. ED has handed over se documents to NCB which has already registered a case and is probing into case.

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Sushant Rajput Probe

In two months since Rajput died, Mumbai police have questioned 56 people till date including - Mahesh Bhatt, Aditya Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Apoorva Mehta, Rajeev Masand. Bihar police have lodged an FIR against Rhea Chakraborty and five ors booking m for 'abetment to suicide, cheating, and conspiracy' - this has w been transferred to CBI after Supreme Court allowed it to take over. ED has booked Rhea and her family for alleged money laundering to tune of Rs 15 crores, based on Sushant's family's complaints. Five CBI teams are currently in city probing into case and have questioned several witnesses like Sushant's building guard, cook, flatmate Siddarth Pithani, Sandeep Ssingh and Rhea Chakraborty. 

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