Here Are The Latest Developments In Bollywood Actresses' Drug Probe & How It's Likely To Unfold
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone landed in Mumbai yesterday via a charter plane from Panaji, Goa.?
While earlier it was being said that Deepika has been summoned to appear before NCB on Sep 25. Now, it is being said that she has acknowledged the summon and will be questioned on Sep 26.?
Furthermore, it is being said that Ranveer Singh has formally asked NCB to allow him to be present when Deepika is being questioned as his wife suffers from anxiety and panic attacks.?
He has stated that as a law-abiding citizen he understands that he cannot be present alongside his wife during the interrogation, but in the plea he has requested to be granted permission to be allowed inside the NCB office along with her.??
On the other hand, Deepika's manager and?KWAN employee Karishma Prakash will be interrogated today along with actress Rakul Preet Singh. Both of them have arrived for interrogation.?
Can Deepika Padukone be arrested?
ETimes spoke to some legal experts. According to them, it is unlikely that Deepika will face serious charges or be arrested.
According to Law expert Rizwan Merchant,?"The cases against Rhea and Deepika are very different. While Rhea is being charged for acquisition and payment for the narco substance, Deepika isn¡¯t charged for that. The Whatsapp chat between Karishma and Deepika, though admissible in evidence, does not prove anything beyond the fact that one person sent the sms and the other received it. The chat being from 2017 it is impossible for NCB to claim or succeed in recovery or seizure of any narcotic substance. Even if Deepika admits the receipt and/ or sending of sms from, or to Karishma, if she denies having received any substance from Karishma, Deepika can¡¯t be charged under the NDPS Act. Assuming Deepika admits having received it, of which I¡¯m doubtful, she can¡¯t be charged for anything other than consumption under sec. 27 of the NDPS Act, for which there is immunity provided from prosecution under 64A of the NDPS Act, by undergoing rehab or detox at a Govt recognised rehab center."
Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan, on the other hand, have also been called on Sep 26.??
