MUMBAI: On Saturday, the NCB raided the house of ace comedian Bharti and Haarsh. They found drugs, and later, when the duo was called for questioning at the NCB office, they confessed to consuming drugs.
Thus, they were arrested by the NCB and sent to judicial custody for 14 days. The couple applied for bail today, and as per Republic, a special court has granted bail to them.
Singh and Limbachiyaa were booked under sections 20(b)(ii)(A) (involves a small quantity of drugs) and 8(c) (possession of drugs) and 27 (consumption of drugs) of the NDPS Act.
They were granted bail with a furnishing bail bond of Rs. 15,000. The bail plea was heard at the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Esplanade.
As per Pune Mirror, Bharti confessed to the Narcotics Control Bureau that she used to smoke ganja purchased by her husband (Haarsh).
The NCB officials had conducted a search at the Versova production house of Haarsh, where they had found 65 grams of a green leafy substance, which on being tested turned out to be weed (ganja).
The team then conducted raids at their residence and found 21.5 grams of ganja and Rs 1.49 lakh of unaccounted-for cash. Haarsh also confessed to the NCB officials that he is into procuring and consuming drugs and was in touch with a drug peddler, as per Pune Mirror.
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Well, this is not the first time that famous personalities have been summoned by the NCB. Earlier, Bollywood superstars like Arjun Rampal and Deepika Padukone were also questioned by the NCB in the Bollywood drug cartel case.
The houses of television personalities like Sanam and Abigail Pande were raided, and they were also summoned and questioned by the NCB.
The Bollywood drug nexus was busted during the investigation of the Sushant Singh Rajput death probe, where the ED had found chats between Rhea and drug peddlers, thus leading to the NCB investigating the case and learning about the drug business in the entertainment industry.
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