Rhea tells high court: Sushant didn`t need me to finance drug purchases
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 30-09-2020
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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday recorded statements of actors Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan. NCB sources said that no clean chit has been given to any of the celebrities who were interrogated by the agency on September 26.
Refuting the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) allegation that actor Rhea Chakraborty, along with her brother Showik, "financed" the drug purchases of her boyfriend and late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, her lawyer Satish Maneshinde told the Bombay high court (HC) on Tuesday that "Rajput was in no dearth of funds".
Chakraborty and her brother were arrested on September 9 in connection with the alleged drug angle in Rajput's death. Justice Sarang Kotwal reserved order on all applications.
Arguing for their bail, Maneshinde said: "Rajput's house manager Samuel Miranda used to take care of all household expenses, and there was no question of Rhea financing drug purchases for the deceased actor."
Responding to NCB's accusation that Chakraborty was part of a drug syndicate, Maneshinde said the allegations were merely on the basis of a solitary incident of March 17, when she gave her credit card to Miranda, who withdrew Rs10,000 using it and purchased contraband for the deceased actor. He maintained that no amount was paid directly using Chakraborty's card to any of the alleged peddlers for procuring drugs and so she can't be said to be associated with any drug ring.