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NCB raids come amid probe – which began with inquiries into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June – into alleged drug use by the film and entertainment industry

Comedian Bharti Singh and her husband, Harsh Limbachiyaa, have been taken by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for questioning after the anti-drug agency recovered a “small quantity of cannabis” during a search of their Mumbai residence this morning.

Visuals from outside the high rise wherein they live demonstrated Mr Limbachiyaa being driven away in a white NCB van while Ms Singh continued in a red Mercedes.

As per an NCB official cited by news office PTI, Ms Singh’s name arose during the addressing of a medication seller and an inquiry of her home recuperated a “little amount of cannabis”. The organization additionally completed inquiries at two different areas in Mumbai, the authority added.

The attacks come in the midst of an extending test – which started with investigations into the demise of entertainer Sushant Singh Rajput in June – into supposed medication use by individuals from media outlets.

Prior to this month entertainer Arjun Rampal’s house was looked at, and both he and his better half, Gabriella Demetriades, were gathered for addressing.

Ms Demetriades was addressed more than two days (for a sum of 12 hours) while Mr Rampal was addressed for six hours a week ago. As he was leaving the organization’s office in south Mumbai, he explained that the substances found by the NCB at his habitation were essential for a remedy.

“I am completely helping out the examination. I don’t have anything to do with drugs. The medication found at my habitation was recommended. The remedy has been found and given over,” he said.

The NCB had before additionally captured Paul Bartel, an Australian modeler whose name arose as a supposed provider after the scrutinizing of Agisialos Demetriades – a South African public who is Ms Demetriades’ sibling and is right now in the organization’s authority.

Mr Bartel was conceded abandon Thursday. As indicated by news organization PTI, the extraordinary court that conceded him alleviation saw there was no “considerable material” to demonstrate bad behavior on his part.

Preceding that the NCB had likewise called filmmaker Firoz Nadiadwala. A day sooner his better half, Shabana Saeed, was captured after specialists purportedly discovered 10 grams of marijuana at their home in Mumbai’s Juhu during an assault. Ms Saeed has since been delivered on bail.

The Nadiadwala living arrangement had been looked through after the capture of medication merchant Wahid Abdul Kadir Shaikh in Andheri a couple of days before that. As the organization followed Shaikh’s customers, connections to Ms Saeed, who supposedly bought 10 grams of the booty from him, arisen, the NCB said.

In the course of the most recent couple of months top Bollywood entertainers Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Rakulpreet Singh, and Shraddha Kapoor have all been addressed by the NCB. The organization has said this is essential for its endeavor to disentangle an organization of gracefully of medications to VIPs.

The medications point in Sushant Rajput’s demise was hailed after writings about the acquisition of restricted substances were supposedly found on his better half Rhea Chakraborty’s telephone.

Ms Chakraborty, her sibling Showik, two of Sushant Singh Rajput’s workers, and a couple of others were captured for supposedly organizing drugs for the 34-year-old entertainer.

After almost a month in prison, Ms Chakraborty, who is additionally an entertainer, was delivered on bail a month ago.

The claims have parted the film club, with one area hitting out at the attack of the business. Some notable entertainers and producers have been savaged over the charges.

“I’ll be a liar in the event that I state that this issue doesn’t exist in our industry. It exists, much the same as each industry. However, every individual in each call isn’t engaged with such issues. This is unimaginable,” entertainer Akshay Kumar said in October.