Sushant Singh Rajput Case: Rhea Chakraborty gets bail in drugs case, brother Showik’s plea rejected
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to actor Rhea Chakraborty in an alleged drugs case related to the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. While Rhea was granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh, the high court rejected the plea of her brother Showik and Abdel Basit Parihar.
The HC also granted bail to Sushant Singh Rajput’s cook Dipesh Sawant and his domestic help Samuel Miranda on a personal bond of Rs. 50,000 each.
Rhea, who was reportedly in a relationship with Sushant Singh Rajput, was arrested by the NCB on September 8, on charges of being a part of a drug syndicate operating in Mumbai.
Her brother Showik was arrested on September 4.
Her bail plea was rejected by the special court, following which she has filed an appeal before the Bombay High Court. Since her arrest, Rhea Chakraborty has been in Byculla jail cell.
A special court had yesterday extended their judicial custody till October 20.
Chakraborty had said in her plea that according to prima facie allegations, she had bought drugs for her boyfriend Rajput, who is alleged to have died by suicide on June 14 at his Bandra residence.
She said this did not amount to being part of a nexus to invoke Section 27A of the NDPS Act, which pertains to financing illicit traffic and is a non-bailable offence.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is separately probing a case against Rhea Chakraborty and others for allegedly abetting the actor’s suicide.
The central agency probe, meanwhile, agrees with the AIIMS report that declares that Sushant died of suicide. And a forensic audit of Rajput’s bank accounts has not thrown up anything “suspicious” to suggest that his friend Rhea Chakraborty could have pushed Rajput to suicide for financial gain, agency sources have confirmed to The Indian Express.
So the CBI, sources said, is now focusing on the gamut of reasons that could have led to the actor taking his own life: any role played by Chakraborty; professional rivalry and nepotism in Bollywood; effect of drug abuse and Rajput’s mental health. (The Indian Express)
