Rhea, Bro Bail Plea In HC Says NCB Charges Absurd

Mumbai: Actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother, Showik, have approached the Bombay high court with separate pleas for bail in a drug case under investigation by the NCB in connection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. The siblings’ plea came 10 days after a special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act court refused them bail on September 11.

- Swati Deshpande

There is no case of a nonbailable offence made out against her, said Rhea’s petition. The grounds on which Rhea is seeking bail includes a contention that investigations by the NCB are “mala fide” and its charges were absurd. She said over three central agencies had been hounding her and had involved her in some or the other case.

Their bail application before the high court is coming up for hearing on Wednesday before Justice Sarang V Kotwal said the siblings’ lawyer Satish Maneshinde.