Drug case: 85 gadgets of Bollywood actors and their associates sent for data extraction – Times of India

The Narcotics Control Bureau has been since long investigating the drugs angle which emerged during Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case probe. A source has now informed Mirror that the investigating agency has sent 85 gadgets of Bollywood stars and their associates in the past 45 days to the Directorate of Forensic Sciences (DFS) in Gandhinagar for data extraction. The NCB has been conducting raids and making arrests in Mumbai, on the basis of date they received from the DFS, which was obtained from 30 cell phones.

The source further stated that cell phones belonging to Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik, Sara Ali Khan, Arjun Rampal, Shraddha Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and their associates’ have been sent for a detailed examination to establish the chain of substance abuse. Drug samples seized during raids in the city have also been sent to the forensic science laboratory (FSL) to ascertain their quality

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The Enforcement Directorate, who is probing the money laundering angle in Sushant’s death case, had handed over to the NCB chats related to drugs post which the investigating agency started a parallel probe. Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik were arrested by the NCB and after days in custody, they were given bail. Apart from making arrests, the NCB also questioned several Bollywood celebrities and alleged drug suppliers.