Drugs case: Three months after arrest, Rhea brother gets bail

Actress Rhea Chakraborty and brother Showik on the Enforcement Directorate (ED) workplace in August. (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

A SPECIAL court docket on Wednesday granted bail to Showik Chakraborty, actor Rhea Chakraborty’s brother, who was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in September in a medication case filed after the loss of life of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Showik, 24, had filed a second bail utility final month, citing the Supreme Court judgment which had held that statements made earlier than NCB officers can’t be thought of confession.

In his second bail plea earlier than the court docket, Showik had submitted that when he was produced earlier than the court docket on September 5 after his arrest, he had retracted his assertion made earlier than NCB, stating that it was non-voluntary.

The court docket on Wednesday additionally granted bail to Abdel Basit Parihar, who the NCB claimed Showik had purchased marijuana from.

NCB seeks revocation of Bharti Singh bail

The NCB has approached the classes court docket and urged that bail granted to Bharti Singh and husband Harsh Limbachiya be revoked.

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