NCB summons Karan Johar's company's executive Kshitij Prasad In Drug Probe; raids his home

In a massive development in Narcotics Control Bureau's Bollywood drug nexus probe, Karan Johar's Dharma Production is under scanner of anti-drug ncy as NCB has summoned Executive Producer & director Kshitij Ravi Prasad who is employed by production house. He has been asked to join probe by 11 am on Friday. According to sources, Kshitiz is in Delhi w and his house was also searched.

His summons are to take place on same day as Deepika Padukone is to be questioned by ncy. Deepika is said to arrive in Mumbai at 2:30 pm after taking a chartered flight from Goa.

Meanwhile, Narcotics Control Bureau on Thursday debunked actor Rakul Preet Singh's claims revealing that due summons had been issued to actor digitally as well. This comes shortly after Rakul's team claimed that she had t received "alleged summons" in eir Mumbai or Hyderabad so far. According to sources, actor has ackwledged summons and will be joining probe on Friday - on same day as Deepika and Kshitij. 

Simone Khambatta and Shruti Modi are at NCB at time of writing. Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan are summoned on Saturday. 

Deepika Padukone's name emerges in drug chat

Deepika Padukone's name had emerged in one of  WhatsApp chats where actor is allegedly asking for 'maal, hash' from a 'K' who was later confirmed as her manr, Karishma Prakash.  chats accessed are from October 2017 and show Deepika asking for "maal" from 'K' who replies that she has it, but at home. Furr 'K' says that she can ask 'Amit' if she wants it, as "he is carrying". Deepika also n clarifies that she needs "Hash" and t "weed" as two discuss logistics.

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Following that, ar set of conversations came to fore where Jaya Saha is discussing providing drugs to ar pair of actors, 'S' and 'N', of which 'S' has turned out to be Shraddha Kapoor, as per sources. Meanwhile, Sara’s questioning comes after NCB confirmed that her name had emerged in questioning of Rhea Chakraborty case.

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. video in question had been shared by Karan Johar and had taken place at his house. NCB has transferred complaint to Mumbai and is verifying video. 

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