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Mumbai, 11 Sep : A big setback for Rhea Chakraborty and Shovik Chakraborty as court rejects their bail plea in drugs case.The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) argued in court that granting bail to Rhea and others would \u201champer\u201d the investigation.
A special court in Mumbai on Friday rejected bail pleas of Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik and others arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with a drugs case related to the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Rhea\u2019s legal team is expected to move the Bombay High Court on Monday.
Rhea, Showik Chakraborty, Abdul Basit, Zaid Vilatra, Dipesh Sawant and Samuel Miranda were denied bail by the court. They were all arrested by the NCB in connection with the drugs case.
After the court\u2019s order, Rhea Chakraborty\u2019s lawyer Satish Maneshinde told media, \u201cOnce we get the order copy. We will decide next week on the course of action on approaching the High Court.\u201d
Earlier, the NCB has opposed the bail on the grounds that the quantity recovered from them was small yet of commercial standards and worth Rs 1.85 lakh.
\u201cRhea Chakraborty and Showik Chakraborty financed and arranged drugs for Sushant Singh Rajput and at his instructions\u2026 as per a statement given by co-accused Dipesh Sawant, he used to procure drugs from other accused in the case on the instruction of Rajput and his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty,\u201d the NCB said in its affidavit in response to the bail application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rhea Chakraborty was handling Sushant\u2019s transactions -NCB
According to the affidavit, Chakraborty was handling the financial transactions of Rajput, while Dipesh Sawant and former house manager of the actor Samuel Miranda would procure drugs for Rajput\u2019s consumption.As reported earlier, Chakraborty had given a statement to the NCB that she was procuring drugs for the late actor. In her bail plea, however, the 28-year-old actor has said that she was \u2018coerced\u2019 into making incriminating confessions.
\u201cDuring the three-day period when she appeared before the NCB, the applicant (Rhea) was coerced into making incriminating confessions,\u201d Chakraborty\u2019s bail plea filed by her lawyer Satish Maneshinde said. The plea also added that Chakraborty was formally retracting all the statements cited by the NCB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Actor Rhea Chakraborty, who is currently behind the bars at Mumbai\u2019s Byculla jail, is living in a single cell without a ceiling fan or a bed. A report by news channel NDTV said that her cell is next to Indrani Mukerjea, who is accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora. Also Read \u2013 SSR Case: This is What Delivery Boy Has to Say Who Couriered 500 gms of Marijuana to Showik Chakraborty<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report added that she has been given a single cell as authorities fear that she may be attacked by fellow prisoners. She is under the watch of two constables, who are guarding her day and night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NDTV report said that Rhea has been provided with a mat to sleep on, but without a pillow. There is no fan in the room either. Also Read \u2013 Rhea Chakraborty Arrested in Drugs Case: When & How Did Marijuana Become Illegal in India?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier in the day, a Mumbai Special Court rejected the bail applications of actress Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik and four others accused in the drugs case filed by Narcotics Control Bureau. All the six accused are likely to move the Bombay High Court for bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until further relief, Rhea \u2014 who was arrested on Tuesday and sent to judicial custody till September 22 \u2014 will remain in the Byculla Jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other accused, Miranda \u2013 home manager of the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, house help Sawant, and two drug peddlers \u2013 are also in judicial custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What more new outcome will takes place on Day 23 that\u2019s on Saturday from CBI, NCB ,ED and Media workshop behind the late actor\u2019s mysterious death episode will be stepping stone for inching towards case conclusion ? , our fingers crossed , as the grilling ballet continues ..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 14 June 2020, actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead hanging from the ceiling fan at his home in Bandra, Mumbai, with the cause ruled as suicide. The official postmortem reports concluded that he died of asphyxia due to hanging<\/p>\n