Published 17:11 IST, September 22nd 2020
Subramanian Swamy credits BJP for NCB's push to 'rip open' narco drug network
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Subramanian Swamy credited his own party for NCB's actions "ripping open the narco drug network" in the film industry.
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With Bollywood drug nexus exploding, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is said to have accessed evidence linking top stars of industry. Reacting to this, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Subramanian Swamy credited his own party for NCB's actions "ripping open narco drug network" in film industry.
As per sources, owner of talent manment ncy KWAN - Dhruv Chitgopekar is suspected to be a big player and is under scanner. Sources have also informed that ncy is furr probing ownership of KWAN - which is suspected to be co-owned by a top Bollywood star.
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KWAN employee Karishma Prakash — who mans Deepika Padukone — has also been summoned by investigating ncy. Currently, NCB is interrogating ncy's CEO Dhruv Chitgopekar in connection with drug nexus.
With NCB's massive crackdown on drug nexus, panic has struck industry as sources have informed that six 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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During NCB's investigation into drugs angle in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, a wider drug nexus in Bollywood surfaced which is w unraveling with alarming evidence coming to fore.
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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 part of WhatsApp group with Jaya Saha and would apparently use it to coordinate drugs.
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chats accessed are from October 2017 and show 'D' asking for "maal" from 'K' who replies that she has it but at home. Furr 'K' said that she can ask 'Amit' if she wants it, as "he is carrying". 'D' also n clarifies that she needs "Hash" and t "weed" as two discuss logistics. Following that, ar set of conversations came to fore where Jaya Saha is discussing providing drugs to ar pair of actors, 'S' and 'N'.
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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17:11 IST, September 22nd 2020