Published 16:36 IST, September 25th 2020
Rakul Preet Singh confesses; tells NCB Rhea Chakraborty would get drugs sent to her house
In a massive revelation to the NCB, actor Rakul Preet Singh claimed that the drugs recovered from her residence belong to Rhea Chakraborty, at her summons
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In a massive revelation to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), actor Rakul Preet Singh claimed that drugs recovered from her residence belong to Rhea Chakraborty. During her interrogation with NCB, actor claimed that Rhea would get drugs delivered at her residence, ding that stash recovered from her home was not hers, sources said.
Rakul has also accepted chats between her and Rhea over drugs, as per sources. When NCB officials showed her chats, wherein in duo was discussing drugs and Rhea was seen asking for banned narcotics, Rakul agreed to aunticity of chat.
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NCB slams Rakul Preet Singh over false claims
Yesterday, NCB raided Rakul Preet Singh's house where actor was issued a second summon by agency. On Thursday, Rakul h failed to show up at NCB's office claiming that she h 'not received any summons by body. Busting her claims, NCB's officer KPS Malhotra called out actor, accusing her of trying to 'misle' agency through her 'excuses.' agency also threatened to serve a non-bailable warrant to her, if she keeps coming up with excuses.
"Her summons was issued and she was contacted through various platforms including phone where she was not available. re has been no response so far from her," said KPS Malhotra to Republic TV.
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Shortly after this, Rakul Preet came around, accepting that her summon was true with her and that she would now join probe a day later, on Friday.
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Top Bollywood stars NCB-bound; Rhea in jail
Meanwhile, Deepika Pukone and Sara Ali Khan have arrived in Mumbai from Goa before ir summons by NCB. Both were re for separate reasons and arrived in Mumbai separately with ir respective families. Sara was accompanied by her mor Amrita and bror Ibrahim, whereas Ranveer Singh emerged with Deepika Pukone. Deepika Pukone, Sara Ali Khan and Shrdha Kapoor's summons are set for Saturday.
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Rhea Chakraborty, meanwhile, is lodged in Byculla jail following her arrest by NCB and subsequent to that, being sent to judicial custody till October 6. She has moved Bombay High Court, and in her petition, Rhea claims innocence in drug case for which she has been arrested and stated that she "has not committed any crime whatsoever". This comes after Rhea Chakraborty h cracked before NCB's questioning after earlier claiming that she h never used drugs, and doubling back on her submission from even before that wherein she h allegedly mitted to drug peddling charges. Rakul Preet's confession to NCB is unlikely to help her case.
15:39 IST, September 25th 2020