The hearing has begun at the Bombay High Court for Rhea Chakraborty and her brother, Showik Chakraborty, plea for bail. The hearing was scheduled for yesterday but was postponed to today, i.e. 24th September due to heavy rain in the city. Rhea and Showik were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on earlier this month for allegedly procuring drugs.
In her 47-page bail application to the Bombay High Court, Rhea Chakraborty has said that Sushant Singh Rajput “used her, her brother Showik and members of his house help to facilitate his drug habit whilst he made sure that he does not leave a trail in the form of any electronic evidence whatsoever”. She also revealed that while being interrogated by the NCB, there was no female officer present, as stated mandatory by the law. Rhea continued to add that the NCB summoned her for interrogation for three consecutive days, i.e. on September 6, 7 and 8, where she was interrogated for a minimum of 8 hours at a stretch by multiple male officers yet, there was no female officer present on any of the days for a minute.
As per ANI, the lawyer of the accused Rhea, Satish Maneshinde, is currently arguing on the matter that the NDPS is an Act under which CBI can continue to investigate in their own way. According to News18, Satish said, “In my petition, I have said NCB has no jurisdiction. All cases to be transferred to CBI, as per SC judgement.”
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Mumbai: Hearing begins in Bombay High Court on Rhea & Showik Chakraborty's bail plea in the NDPS case.
Their lawyer Satish Maneshinde currently arguing on the validity of the arrest itself saying that NDPS is an Act under which CBI can investigate. pic.twitter.com/oOyG4QPous
— ANI (@ANI) September 24, 2020
