A day after, NCB registered a case against Sushant Singh Rajput's girlfriend, Rhea Chakraborty, to probe their alleged dealings in illegal drugs, the agency is likely to take blood samples of Rhea to find any traces of drug in her body. Earlier, Rhea's lawyer Satish Maneshinde had released a statement on the new drug angle. It read, "Rhea has never consumed drugs in her lifetime ever. She’s ready for a blood test at any time."
Meanwhile, Rhea’s ‘drug circle’ is booked under NDPS Act. The Whatsapp chats of Rhea recovered allegedly indicate that she was taking instructions from someone to administer a drug to the late actor. NCB has registered the complaint, against Rhea and others under Sections 28 (punishment for attempts to commit offences), 29 (punishment for abetment and criminal conspiracy) and 20-B (produces, manufactures, possesses, sells, purchases, transports, imports inter-State, exports inter-State or uses cannabis, shall be punishable). For the unversed, Sushant Singh Rajput passed away on 14th June 2020 as the Kai Po Che actor was found dead at his apartment in Bandra. Rhea Chakraborty, his girlfriend, has been under the scanner ever since Sushant's father filed an FIR against her reportedly under charges of abetment to suicide and cheating