Sushant Singh case drugs connection: Rhea Chakraborty-Shouvik's whereabouts will remain in jail, court reject bail application of all accused

Rhea Chakraborty and her brother showik Chakraborty jailed in the drugs case related to the Sushant Singh case have suffered another major setback. The bail plea of ​​jailed Rhea, showik, and other accused has been rejected by a special court in Kok Mumbai. The special court of Mumbai rejected the bail application of Rhea Chakraborty, Shauvik Chakraborty, Deepesh Sawant, Samuel Miranda. All of them have been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in the drugs case. Rhea, who was lodged in Mumbai's Byculla Jail till 22 September, had filed a petition in a special court in Mumbai for her bail, on which the court ruled. Earlier on Thursday, the court had completed the hearing on the bail pleas of Rhea Chakraborty and her brother showik Chakraborty arrested in a drug case involving the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, and reserved the verdict.

Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer Satish Manashinde said after the decision of the Mumbai special court said that "We are waiting for the copy of the court order, after getting it, a decision will be taken to go to the High Court in this matter till next week."

This is the second time that Rhea Chakraborty's bail plea has been dismissed. Earlier, the magistrate court has refused to grant bail to Rhea Chakraborty. Currently, Rhea Chakraborty is lodged in Mumbai's Byculla Jail in the drugs case. Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested Rhea Chakraborty on Tuesday and the same day the court granted judicial custody till 22 September. Earlier on Tuesday, the magistrate court refused to bail Rhea Chakraborty. Rhea has since tried for bail a second time, which is decided today.

What were the arguments in Rhea's petition

Rhea had argued in her petition that there was not a single female officer who, according to the law, interrogates the present applicant. The Supreme Court had said in Sheela Burse vs Maharashtra case that the inquiry should be done only in the presence of a woman police officer or constable. Rhea Chakraborty accused the agency of failing to comply with the guidelines of the Supreme Court in the bail application. Also in her bail plea, Rhea said that she is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the case. However, NCB claims that Rhea bought the drugs.

Significantly, the other accused arrested by NCB have been sent to judicial custody for 14 days by the sessions court. These include the actress's brother showik Chakraborty, Sushant's manager Samuel Miranda, his personal staff Dipesh Sawant and drug traffickers Zaid Vilatra and Abdul Basit Parihar. is.

The death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput is being investigated by three federal agencies NCB, Enforcement Directorate (ED), and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from various perspectives. Significantly, Rajupat was found dead at his residence in Bandra on 14 June.