NCB challenges bail granted by Mumbai HC to Rhea Chakraborty in Supreme Court

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) challenged the bail granted to Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty by Bombay High Court, arrested in connection with drugs-related charges in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, in Supreme Court.

According to NDTV, the matter will come up for hearing on Thursday. She was granted bail in October.

Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty, who is also an accused in the case, were arrested in September by the NCB  in connection with its drugs probe related to the case of Rajput's death.

Rajput was found hanging at his apartment in suburban Bandra on June 14 last year.

The NCB, on March 5, filed a chargesheet before a special court in Mumbai in the drugs case, naming 33 accused, including Rhea Chakraborty. The chargesheet accuses the actor of being part of a "drug syndicate" and claims she was part of a conspiracy to procure and supply drugs. Of the 33 accused, eight are still in judicial custody while the rest, including Rhea and her brother, are out on bail.

According to the NCB sources, the chargesheet claims that in the last week of November 2019, delivery of drugs was made at Rhea's residence with her consent. She allowed Rajput to use her house for drugs consumption, and also provided money for purchase of drugs, thus "financing an activity'' related to illicit drug dealings, the agency alleged. She had also facilitated "a channel of supply" of drugs with the help of her brother and it was clear from her statement that she was an "active member of the drug syndicate", and conspired to "procure, possess, sell and transport, import interstate, export interstate and deal with ganja, marijuana, bud", the chargesheet said, as per the sources.

The NCB has invoked various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in the case.

—With PTI inputs