The Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB), probing the alleged Bollywood-drug nexus, might summon actress Deepika Padukone if needed, an official stated on Tuesday.
According to NCB sources, some WhatsApp conversations purportedly discussing drugs are on the radar of the agency.
Some of these chats were purportedly between Padukone’s manager Karishma Prakash and one “D”, they said.
The official said that actors Rakul Preet Singh and Sara Ali Khan, and designer Simone Khambatta might be summoned by the NCB this week.
The federal anti-drug agency has already summoned Karishma Prakash and KWAN talent management agency’s CEO Dhurv Chitgopekar in connection with its probe.
Both of them will be questioned by the NCB this afternoon, he said.
“The NCB will first question Karishma Prakash and might summon actor Deepika Padukone if needed,” the official said.
During the NCB’s investigation into the drugs angle in actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case, a wider drug nexus in Bollywood surfaced.
Rajput’s talent manager Jaya Saha was questioned by the NCB on Monday.
The NCB has so far arrested more than 12 people, including Rajput’s girlfriend and actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty, in connection with the probe into the drugs angle in the case of the actor’s death.
Rajput (34), was found hanging from the ceiling at his home in suburban Bandra in Mumbai on June 14. The Mumbai Police have been probing the case since then keeping in mind various angles.
