Sushant Singh Rajput death: NCB issues summons to Rhea Chakraborty for further interrogation

A Narcotics Control Bureau ( NCB ) team reached actress Rhea Chakraborty’s home in Mumbai on Sunday morning, 6 September, to serve her summons for joining probe in the drugs case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, officials said. The agency has said that it wants to question Rhea, 28, to take the probe forward. Check out the tweet below

#NewsAlert – NCB issues summons to Rhea Chakraborty. She will be questioned by NCB for the first time today.@mihirz and @shilparathnam report from outside NCB Office and Rhea’s residence respectively.

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“The team has gone to serve the summons of joining the investigation. She can come on her own or she can come with the team,” a senior official of the federal anti-narcotics agency said. The NCB has recently arrested her younger brother Showik Chakraborty (24), Rajput’s house manager Samuel Miranda (33) and Dipesh Sawant, a member of the actor’s personal staff, in this case. The NCB earlier took Showik and Miranda to a civic hospital for medical tests on Saturday morning, an official said. After the tests, the duo were presented in a local court, he said. They were arrested by the NCB under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on Friday night after over 10 hours of questioning. They will in custody till 9 September. A few others have also been arrested by the agency. Rajput was found dead at his flat in suburban Bandra area on 14 June. * A collection of Suicide prevention helpline  numbers are available here. Please reach out if you or anyone you know is in need of support. The All-India helpline number is: 022 2754 6669 (With inputs from Press Trust of India)