Mumbai: Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of alleged drug peddler Sahil Shah in reference to the drug case associated to actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Sahil Shah is absconding within the medicine case associated to the actor`s demise. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has been investigating the case.
To keep away from arrest, Shah` lawyer had filed an anticipatory bail within the High Court that was heard on Tuesday.”NCB has started searching for Sahil Shah. He is still absconding. Sahil Shah is the prime suspect in the Sushant Singh Rajput drugs case. He used to supply drugs to Sushant,” NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede advised ANI.Â
“For the last 6 months, Sahil Shah was a puzzle for us. Late on April 13, we raided his Malad house where his mother and wife were present. Incidentally, he lived in the same complex where Sushant Singh Rajput used to live earlier,” added Wankhede.Â
Earlier on June 4, Sushant Singh Rajput`s flatmate Siddharth Pithani was despatched to 14-day judicial custody in reference to the drug case linked to the actor`s demise after he was arrested by the NCB on May 26 from Hyderabad. The NCB had additionally questioned Rajput’s bodyguard and former home helps, Neeraj and Keshav. Apart from that NCB additionally arrested a drug peddler named Harish Khan within the medicine case linked to the actor`s demise.
The NCB, which has been probing the medicine angle within the actor`s demise case, began the investigation after it acquired official communication from the Enforcement Directorate (ED), by which there have been varied chats associated to drug consumption, procurement, utilization and transportation.
The ED had on July 31 final 12 months registered an Enforcement Case Information Report within the late actor`s demise case after a First Information Report (FIR) was filed by Rajput’s father KK Singh towards actor Rhea Chakraborty in Bihar on July 28.
Sushant Singh Rajput was discovered useless at his Mumbai residence on June 14 final 12 months.Â
