In the latest development on the Sushant Singh Rajput case, a prominent Bollywood actor is under the NCB scanner. The name of the actor emerged during the interrogation of South African national Agisialos Demetriades and director Sahil Kohli. The said actor was under NCB scanner in connection with drug consumption and distribution as per a India Today report. The NCB officials have not revealed the identity of the actor yet, but according to NCB sources, the actor was summoned by the agency. Agisialos Demetriades, a South African national, was arrested by the NCB on Sunday in connection with the drug probe related to Sushant Singh Rajput's death.
Agisialos Demetriades, who is now in judicial custody, is the brother of actor Arjun Rampal's live-in partner Gabriella Demetriades. He was reportedly in touch with several peddlers arrested in the case. He is suspected to have been running drug supply chains exporting synthetic drugs to drug cartels operating in countries in South East Asia and Africa.Earlier, Dipesh Sawant, Sushant Singh Rajput's domestic help who is one of the accused in the SSR case, charged for procuring drugs for the late actor, had filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court against the NCB, seeking Rs10 lakh in compensation. Dipesh Sawant alleged that he was illegally detained by the NCB in the drug case and was not presented before a magistrate within the first 24 hours of arrest, as is mandated by the Supreme Court. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) who arrested Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik Chakraborty in the case so far. At present, Rhea is out on bail and Showik is still in custoday till November 3