Arjun Rampal summoned for questioning by anti-drug agency

Earlier this week, the actor's residence was raided by the NCB

Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal and his girlfriend Gabriella Demetriades have been summoned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in relation to its ongoing investigation in Bollywood's alleged drugs racket, reported Hindustan Times. The summon came hours after the NCB raided the actor's residence in Mumbai, and a day after film producer Firoz Nadiadwala’s wife, Shabana Saeed, was arrested by the bureau.

During its raid at Rampal's residence, the NCB found a medicinal substance which according to them is categorised as a control substance under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act

Previously, the NCB had taken  Agisilaos Demetriades, brother of Rampal’s girlfriend Gabriella, into custody. Reports suggest Agisilaos was a part of a drug syndicate linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. The NCB suspects that Agisilaos was in touch with drug suppliers that were connected to  Sushant’s girlfriend, Rhea Chakraborty.

Chakraborty was arrested and subsequently released on bail by the bureau after she spent nearly a month in jail on charges of procuring drugs for Sushant.

During the investigation, Kshitij Prasad, a former executive of Dharmatic Entertainment, told a court that NCB officers made him falsely implicate actors Rampal, Ranbir Kapoor and Dino Morea. He said that he was retracting the statements.

“I have been repeatedly harassed and coerced into falsely implicating Dino Morea, Arjun Rampal and Ranbir Kapoor in the present proceedings despite me repeatedly stating that I do not know the said persons and have no knowledge of such allegations,” Prasad was quoted as saying in an official statement. 

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