Rhea Chakraborty: Sushant Doesn't Need My Money To Buy Drugs

Rhea Chakraborty (Instagram @Rhea_Chakraborty)

JAKARTA - Rhea Chakraborty denies allegations by the Indian Narcotics Agency (NCB) that she and her sister Showik funded the purchase of drugs for her boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput.

Through her lawyer Satish Maneshinde, Rhea told the Bombay (HC) high court on Tuesday that the late actor Sushant Rajput was not short of money.

Rhea and her sister were arrested on September 9 in connection with a suspected drug case in Sushant's death.

Debating their bail, Maneshinde said: "The Rajput house manager, Samuel Miranda, used to take care of all household expenses, and there is no question Rhea was funding the purchase of medicine for the late actor."

Responding to NCB's accusations that Rhea was part of a drug syndicate, Maneshinde said the allegations were based solely on a single incident on March 17.

At that time, he gave his credit card to Miranda, who withdrew 10,000 rupees and used it to buy contraband for Sushant.

He stated that no amount was paid directly using Rhea's credit card to one of the drug hawkers who was suspected of procuring drugs, so he cannot be said to be linked to any drug network.

It is an acknowledged fact that Sushant used to take drugs even before Rhea met him in April 2019. He said two of Sushant's co-stars, Sara Ali Khan and Shraddha Kapoor, had reportedly told NCB that he had been using drugs for a long time.

Maneshinde said Showik was also accused of being part of a drug syndicate for allegedly paying small amounts on three occasions in April for buying marijuana and charas in very small amounts.

The attorney added, even if one follows the allegations leveled by the NCB, the strict provisions contained in section 27A of the Narcotics and Psychotropics Act, 1985 (financing illicit drug trafficking or concealing offenders) simply do not apply to Rhea or Showik.