Rhea Chakraborty was accused on Wednesday of purchasing drugs for her late actor lover Sushant Singh Rajput. Months have passed after she had been released on bail in the drug case involving the late actor. She and 34 other people are reportedly charged in a chargesheet that was submitted by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).
The update was confirmed by ANI. The tweet stated, "Draft charges submitted against Rhea Chakroborty in Special NDPS court of receiving deliveries of ganja from Samuel Miranda, Showik Charoborty & Dipesh Sawant & others and handing over those deliveries to late actor Sushant Singh Rajput while making payments for them in yr 2020."
Rhea Chakraborty's brother Showik Chakraborty has also been included as a suspect in the case. As per the NCB, Rhea has been accused of buying some marijuana and providing the finance for it, according to NDTV. According to the NCB, Rhea acquired drugs for Sushant Singh Rajput in the year 2020, delivered them to him, and even paid for the delivery several times. Along with Rhea, Siddharth Pithani, the deceased actor's housemate, has also been listed as a suspect.
A special NDPS court has now received the draft charges from the NCB. The 35 suspects are to be charged under different provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, according to the anti-drug agency's proposal. Rhea Chakraborty might spend more than ten years in jail if she is found guilty.
