Published 15:11 IST, September 28th 2020
Deepika, Sara, Shraddha & Rakul Preet 'reading from same script'; NCB has more evidence
All 4 actors Deepika Padukone, Sara Khan, Shraddha Kapoor & Rakul Preet, summoned in Bollywood drug case have been ‘reading from the same script', say sources
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In an explosive development, top sources of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) revealed on Monday that all four actors Deepika Pukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shrdha Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh, named in Bollywood drug case have been ‘reing from same script.’
NCB said all four of m claimed ‘hash is not a drug’ during interrogation and put mselves in ‘dire trouble’ by giving similar statements. agency furr said that Deepika, Sara, Shrdha and Rakul are aware that y have been cornered, and are speaking same language. Sources furr said that NCB will summon m again for furr investigation. agency is said to have gared a lot of ‘or evidence’ that it has not released yet.
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On Saturday, NCB recorded statements of actors Deepika Pukone, Shrdha informed Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan in drugs probe linked to Sushant Singh Rajput's death and an alleged Bollywood-drugs nexus. While Sara Ali Khan and Shrdha Kapoor were questioned at NCB's zonal office at Ballard Estate, Pukone was questioned at a guest house in Colaba. Shrdha Kapoor reached NCB office around 12 pm and left after six hours, while Sara Ali Khan reached around 1 pm and both left at around 6.10 pm. Sources have told Republic that NCB team is of opinion that actors were 'fully prepared for questioning'.
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NCB team to prepare a detailed report on drug probe
Top sources h Republic Media Network that NCB teams led by Deputy Director KPS Malhotra, Sameer Wankhede and Ashok Jain will now prepare a detailed report which will include every aspect of investigation into alleged drug network in Mumbai According to top sources in NCB, in a late-night meeting, Asthana has given a time-frame of six months to file a charge sheet in case. Sources said that DG Asthana has given a green signal to NCB teams to go for a crackdown on drug nexus.
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Also, NCB sources said that no clean chit has been given to any of celebrities who were interrogated by agency on September 26. Moreover, 20 high profile drug peddlers are under lens of NCB, sources said.
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15:11 IST, September 28th 2020