20 suspects on NCB radar in Sushant Singh Rajput case

New Delhi/Mumbai, August 27

A day after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) registered a case against late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, the agency is all set to question 20 people in the coming days.

According to NCB sources, the agency has prepared a list of 20 suspects over supply of drugs in the case, including Gaurav Arya, Suved Lohia, Kwan Entertainment partner Jaya Saha, former Big Boss contestant Ejaz Khan, Farookh Batata and Bakul Chandani among others.

The development comes a day after the NCB registered a case under Sections 20 (b) 28, 29 of the NDPSAct against Rhea, her brother Showik, Saha, Sushant’s co-manager Shruti Modi and Arya.

Sources said Arya is absconding. They said on August 16, a rave party was raided in Goa in which Arya was involved in supplying drugs. According to NCB sources, Khan was arrested by Navi Mumbai Police for dealing in drugs in October 2018, while Chandani, owner of Sarvodaya video library in Khar, was arrested in December 2018 by the Anti Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Police with cocaine and LSD. — IANS