Bombay HC reserves order on Rhea, Showik Chakraborty's bail plea, NCB calls them part of drug syndicate
India TodayThe Bombay High Court on Monday closed all arguments in the hearing of the bail pleas of actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik and reserved its verdict. The NCB told the Bombay High Court that it is "strongly opposing" the bail pleas filed by Rhea, her brother Showik, and other co-accused in the drug case, adding that a strong message needed to be sent out to the society, especially youngsters, to ensure they did not consume drugs. The Narcotics Control Bureau said the siblings and others arrested were "active members of a drug syndicate" and vowed to go to the roots of the case, an offshoot of probe into filmstar Sushant Singh Rajput's death in June. Ahead of the hearing on Tuesday, NCB said Rhea Chakraborty and others have been arrested for a "more serious offence" of supplying drugs to Sushant Singh Rajput. Earlier, during the day-long hearing, the NCB had submitted that there existed ample material to show that Rhea, Showik, and others arrested in the case, represented a "chain, an active syndicate that was involved in procuring, financing, harbouring, and abetting drugs and its consumption".