Deputy director of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) KPS Malhotra, who was present during Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone’s interrogation in the drugs case associated with Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, has tested positive for COVID-19. Recently NCB questioned a few top actors including Deepika Padukone regarding their involvement in the WhatsApp drug chats. The Narcotics Control Bureau is investigating the drug angle in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. Incidentally, when Deepika was grilled by the NCB officials KPS Malhotra was present at the NCB guest house in Mumbai.
According to reports, Shraddha Kapoor and Deepika Padukone’s name had surfaced in connection with alleged ‘drug chats’ while Sara Ali Khan’s name was mentioned in a statement by a boatman during the investigation. The central agency is probing the drug-angle in Rajput’s death in his apartment in Mumbai’s Bandra in June and a potential drug racket in Bollywood. According to reports, no links were found between drug peddlers and Padukone, Kapoor and Khan, who were questioned by the agency in late September. During their questioning, all three of them are said to have denied consuming drugs. According to NCB sources, they will be summoned again only if any strong evidence is found during the investigation. Meanwhile, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) panel looking into the autopsy report on the request of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) has submitted that Rajput died by suicide and has ruled out any murder angle.