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Showik names sister Rhea in confession to NCB over drugs procurment - Reports

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: September 4, 2020 19:37 IST

In a massive development in the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)'s probe in the Sushant Singh Rajput death probe, on ...

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In a massive development in the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)'s probe in the Sushant Singh Rajput death probe, on Friday, Showik Chakraborty has allegedly confessed that he had allegedly procured drugs on the instructions of his sister - actor Rhea Chakraborty. According to Republic TV report, Showik claimed that Rhea had allegedly asked him and Sushant's ex-house manager Samuel Miranda to procure drugs adding that he was allegedly in contact with several other drug peddlers, as per NCB sources. Showik was being grilled by the NCB since morning.

Earlier in the day, the NCB raided Showik Chakraborty's and Samuel Miranda's residences and searched Rhea Chakraborty's car, phone, and laptop in connection with the 'drug angle' to the case. Moreover, sources at the NCB revealed that Showik allegedly met 'drug peddler' Basit Parihar at a football club in Bandra to gain access to drugs. Parihar was already in contact with another drug peddler named Sohail - who allegedly supplied Showik and Rhea marijuana is also known as 'buds'. Rhea has already been issued a notice in the NCB case and is likely to be summoned. 

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