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  Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan not found to have drug links yet, NCB to analyse their mobile phone data: report The NCB has been unable to establish any links between drug peddlers and Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan, according to a new report. The three actors’ mobile phone data is being analysed no The  Narcotics Control Bureau  (NCB) has not found  Deepika Padukone , Shraddha Kapoor and  Sara Ali Khan  to have any links with drug peddlers yet, according to a report. The three actors were questioned by the narcotics agency in connection with their investigation into the death of  Sushant Singh Rajput  and a potential drug racket in Bollywood. During their questioning, Deepika, Shraddha and Sara are said to have denied consuming drugs. According to NCB sources, they will be summoned again only if any strong evidence is found during the investigation. Mumbai Mirror  quoted an NCB official  as sa...

How a Bollywood star’s death case took a ‘misogynistic spiral’ The death of Sushant Singh Rajput has transfixed India like no other news with media accused of vilifying the actor’s girlfriend. Mumbai, India –  Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead by apparent suicide at his Mumbai residence on June 14. What was a tragic end to a promising young star’s career has turned into a media frenzy centred on the 34-year-old actor’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty. The case has since drawn in central investigation agencies as well as officers from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and has even become a political talking point for the upcoming elections in Bihar state – Rajput’s home state . Chakraborty was arrested earlier this month, while prominent Bollywood personalities, including Deepika Padukone, have been questioned in an escalating drug investigation. The police announced that Rajput’s was a case of accidental death and post-mortem and viscera reports accessed by the media...

  Bollywood star Deepika Padukone questioned in India drugs probe Top Bollywood star Deepika Padukone has been questioned by India’s narcotics agency in an escalating drugs probe following the death of young actor Sushant Singh Rajput earlier this year. Padukone, 34, arrived at the Narcotics Control Board’s (NCB) office in Mumbai on Saturday after receiving a summons earlier this week while on a shooting stint in the western beach resort of Goa. Media reports say no drugs have been seized from her. According to the local media, Padukone was being questioned on whether she procured banned drugs for consumption following an interception of phone messages regarding making queries with local contacts. She is among more than a dozen Bollywood professionals who have been questioned by the NCB in the past two weeks over the movie industry’s alleged links with drug peddlers and cartels. Padukone’s manager Karishma Prakash was questioned on Friday. Earlier this week, TV channel TimesNow bro...