Drugs case Deepika's manager does not appear before NCB

    Mumbai, Oct 28 (PTI) Karishma Prakash, Bollywood actor
Deepika Padukone's manager, did not appear before the
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) team which is probing a drugs
case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death on
Wednesday, an official said.
    Prakash, who had been questioned by the NCB last month
too, had been asked "to join the investigation" here on
Wednesday.
    "She did not appear," said a senior official who is
part of the probe team.
    On Tuesday, the NCB had raided Prakash's residence in
suburban Versova and claimed to have seized 1.8 grams of
hashish. But her lawyer denied that she stayed there.
    The NCB had last month questioned several persons from
the Hindi film industry including Deepika and fellow actors
Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh.
    The Central agency has so far arrested 23 persons in
the drugs case linked to Rajput's death. His girlfriend Rhea
Chakraborty was arrested and later got bail. PTI DC
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