NCB Files Chargesheet Against 33 Accused, Including Rhea Chakraborty, In SSR Case

NCB chargesheet SSR Case: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday has submitted the chargesheet in Sushant Singh Rajput drug case in a special NDPS court in Mumbai.

In the chargesheet, a total of 33 people, including actor Rhea Chakraborty, has been named in connection with the drugs case investigation following actor Rajput’s death.

The chargesheet also includes statements of 200 witnesses with more than 12,000 pages of written documents and about 50,000 pages in digital format, all have been submitted in the court today, ANI reported. According to reports, it also includes WhatsApp chats between the accused, their call records and bank documents among other evidence. The NCB said that the copies will now be verified by the court before being handed over to the accused.

Mumbai: Narcotics Control Bureau files charge sheet in Sushant Singh Rajput related drug case in Special NDPS court

Chargesheet names 33 accused & statements of 200 witnesses. More than 12,000 pages in hard copy &about 50,000 pages in digital format submitted in court today: NCB

— ANI (@ANI) March 5, 2021

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The agency has been probing drug cases related to the death of 34-year-old actor Sushant Singh Rajput. A criminal case was registered against Chakraborty in August last year based on chats provided to the agency by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which was probing a complaint of money-laundering against Chakraborty and others based on a complaint by Rajput’s father. ED wrote a letter to the agency after extracting a drugs-related WhatsApp chat between Chakraborty, her brother Showik, Samuel Miranda, Jaya Saha, and Gaurav Arya.

On September 8, Chakraborty and her brother were arrested in the case linked to her ex-boyfriend and the NCB had labelled the actor as an "active member of drug syndicate". She was released on a bail on October 7. Later, a special NDPS court granted bail to her brother Showik on December 2, after three months.

According to the NCB, the drug-probe had exposed a new angle in connection with Rajput’s alleged suicide. The investigation revealed names of A-list celebrities and they have been asked to “join the probe”. However many of them were cleared of all accusations after investigations.

Rajput died by suicide at his Bandra residence on June 14, 2020.

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