Top Bollywood producer, several male actors under scanner in ongoing drug probe: Sources

After Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) summoning top Bollywood actresses on Wednesday, a top Bollywood producer is w under scanner, as per sources. Moreover, top male actors too are also reportedly under radar in connection with drugs probe. latest actresses to be summoned by NCB on Thursday include -  Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor, Rakul Preet Singh, Sara Ali Khan along with Shruti Modi, Karishma Prakash, and Simone Khambata.

Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Khan, Rakul Preet summoned by NCB in drug probe

Deepika Padukone to join probe

Deepika Padukone (who is currently in Goa for a shoot) will join probe on September 25. Sources have said that Deepika is in talks with her 12-member legal team at a Goa hotel. Her husband - Ranveer Singh too is reportedly attending meeting via video conferencing.

NCB has been interrogating KWAN talent manr Jaya Saha based on WhatsApp chats with several celebrities allegedly discussing narcotic substances. talent ncy itself is under scanner, with its CEO being summoned by NCB.

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NCB probe into 'Bollywood drug nexus'

central ncy which has been probing drug angle in Sushant Singh Rajput death probe has arrested more than 12 people, including actress Rhea Chakraborty and her bror Showik - under NDPS act for procurement and financing of narcotic substances. While siblings have moved High Court for bail, a special court has extended ir judicial custody till October 6. Apart from drug link in this case, NCB has registered a complaint based on Akali Dal leader Manjinder Sirsa's drug allegations regarding a 2019 Bollywood party video featuring several Bollywood celebrities.

drug link was first uneard by ED by analysing 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. Such or WhatsApp conversations between Saha and above-mentioned celebrities have also been allegedly uneard by NCB w.

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