Bollywood drug probe: NCB detains producer Kshitij Prasad after questioning
Currently probing an alleged drug nexus involving actors and other members of the film industry, the NCB has detained Kshitij Prasad, an executive producer.
NCB has detained Kshitij Prasad, an executive producer. The agency is probing an alleged drug nexus involving actors and other members of the film industry sparked by the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Kshitij is probably going to be captured by the medication authorization organization soon.
In an announcement on Twitter, Dharma Productions head Karan Johar who is additionally a prestigious Director and Padma Shri awardee reacted to the turns of events. He said,” I might want to additionally express that few media/news channels have been broadcasting news reports that Kshitij Prasad and Anubhav Chopra are my associates/close helpers. I might want to put on record that I don’t have the foggiest idea about these people actually and neither of these two people are helpers or close assistants.”
About Prasad, Johar said in his explanation that Kshitij joined “Dharmatic Entertainment (sister worry of Dharma Productions) in November 2019 as one of the leader makers on contract reason for an undertaking which inevitably didn’t appear.”
He proceeded to include, “Neither I, nor Dharma Productions can be made liable for what individuals do in their own lives. These charges don’t relate to Dharma Productions.”
The NCB had on Thursday given summons to Kshitij Ravi Prasad to join the examination. While he traveled to Mumbai from Delhi where he had been for as long as 10 days, the office looked through his home in Versova on Friday morning.
As per inputs, Prasad’s name came up during the cross examination of a medication merchant captured by the NCB. The merchant professed to be in consistent touch with the chief maker and said Prasad acquired medications from him on various events.
Another previous representative of Dharma Productions, an associate chief, Anubhav Chopra was likewise addressed by the NCB on Friday. He was let off however could be brought once more.
“Anubhav Chopra isn’t a representative at Dharma Productions. He was quickly connected with us for just two months in the limit of second aide chief for a movie, between November 2011 and January 2012 and as colleague chief for the short film in January 2013. He has from that point never been related with Dharma Productions for some other venture,” Karan Johan said in his announcement.
The medication requirement office has additionally given summons to entertainers, including Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor Rakul Preet Singh and others regarding its test.
Karishma Prakash, a worker with KWAN ability the executives organization which is at the focal point of this debate, was additionally addressed on Friday. There is a likelihood that the NCB could test her once more.
Then, Vikas Singh, the legal counselor employed by late entertainer Sushant Singh Rajput’s dad said the family thinks the test into his demise is traveling toward a path that won’t illuminate everything. At present, the CBI is exploring Sushant’s demise.
“The opiates point seems like media consideration is being redirected to them. No instance of opiates is conceivable in the event that you don’t hold onto drugs,” Vikas Singh said on Friday.
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