New Delhi: In a key breakthrough, the Narcotics Manage Bureau (NCB) has received entry to a WhatsApp chat that has uncovered that Sushant Singh Rajput’s near aide Samuel Miranda knew the two arrested drug peddlers Basit Parihar and Zaid Vilatra. In reality, they had also met every single other in Mumbai’s Bandra and obtained a packet of medication for Rs ten,000.
As per sources, Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik Chakraborty was mates with Basit and he had launched Samuel to him for medication provide. Basit then launched Samuel to Zaid. Just after which, Zaid straight utilised to provide medication to Samuel. Sources also additional that usually Samuel utilised to send his workers to acquire medication from Zaid and from time to time, he went himself.
Basit Parihar and Zaid Vilatra have already been arrested by the NCB. Meanwhile, one more drug peddler has been arrested from Goa.
So far, the NCB probe has established a drug conspiracy website link with Showik and Samuel and it has been learnt that the company can summon the duo for questioning. On the basis of the interrogation and arrests, the NCB will now probe Rhea Chakraborty’s drug conspiracy website link.
Meanwhile, a parallel investigation will also be set up to locate out if Rhea pushed Sushant into depression to start with below a conspiracy and when the condition worsened, she received him addicted to medication. She has been accused of abetment to suicide by Sushant’s household and the investigation will carry out the reality.
The NCB has currently registered a criminal situation towards Rhea, Showik, her talent manager Jaya Saha and a Goa-primarily based hotelier Gaurav Arya below various sections of the NDPS Act.
Rhea and Gaurav Arya allegedly exchanged messages about drug consumption. Her deleted WhatsApp chats hinted at a feasible drug conspiracy in Sushant’s situation.
Gaurav Arya has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and appeared for questioning on Monday and Tuesday. The ED is recording his statement below the Prevention of Dollars Laundering Act (PMLA).
He, nonetheless, has claimed he had under no circumstances met Sushant but mentioned that he had met Rhea after in 2017. He also stated that he has no connection with the Sushant situation.