A day after, Rhea Chakraborty's alleged role with drug peddlers was exposed by ED a WhatsApp exchange between actor Rhea Chakraborty and Sushant Singh Rajput’s business manager Shruti Modi has gone viral. The messages reportedly show that Rhea was trying to get Sushant to quit marijuana. The exchange, accessed by India Today, is from January 2020. In the conversation, an incident where Sushant cried during a meeting is brought up, followed by a message that says the actor would seek treatment immediately. “He was to completely stop weed and he said he quit it since yesterday. He has gone off to sleep I am leaving for the day,” two messages, from a contact saved as Shruti 2, read. The messages also suggest that despite constant medical care, Sushant was ‘still not healing’ and that his doctor should be consulted about further treatment.
Some of the other messages going viral reveal Rhea talking about drugs with a woman named Jaya Saha and Sushant's manager Samuel Miranda. She had also asked a man named Gaurav whether he has 'MD' (short form of MDMA which is a form of a drug). However, after the recent developments, Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer has dismissed all allegations against her and said that she has never taken drugs in her entire life.Sushant Singh Rajput died on June 14 under mysterious circumstances. Sushant's father had also filed an FIR against Rhea Chakraborty accusing her of taking his son's money and harrassing him mentally. The latest developments in the case suggest a new drug angle as The Directorate of Enforcement team has recovered old WhatsApp chats of Rhea Chakraborty which alleges the ‘Jalebi’ actress of ‘usage and dealing of drugs'. It is being reported that the ED has submitted this ‘prima facie’ information to the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Narcotics Control Bureau for further investigation.