Sushant Death Case: From ED grilling Showik Chakraborty to Zaid Vilatra’s arrest; timeline of probe day 14
On day 14 (4th September) of investigation, Enforcement Department grilled Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik after his name comes out during probe of drug peddlers in Sushant Singh Rajput death case. While CBI grilled her father for the third consecutive day regarding her relations with the late actor.
Talking about the third agency NCB, during the probe they busted a drug racket and seized 3.5 kg of Bud. They also took the arrested peddlers Zaid Vilatra, Basit and others to the court who were then granted custody.
Here have a look at the events that happened yesterday:
10:23 am:-NCB takes drug peddler Zaid Vilatra and Basit Parihar for the court hearing. They were arrested on Wednesday by the agency in connection with the drugs trafficking case linked to the case of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Zaid Vilatra sent to Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) custody till 9th September. https://t.co/zBkYZQ4E2y
— ANI (@ANI) September 3, 2020
10:26 am:- Rhea’s father Indrajit reaches DRDO guesthouse for questioning
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10:55 am:- Along with Showik, ED also summoned SSR’s business partners, Varun Mathur and Rishabh Thakkar.
11:06 am:- Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, welcoming PIL filed by retired IPS officers he said that Maharashtra Police and Mumbai Police have a reputation. They are compared to Scotland Yard Police and the way Mumbai Police was targeted in SSR’s death case it hampered their reputation. (ANI)
11:26 am:- Varun Mathur reached ED office for the second time for interrogation
#SushantSinghRajput death case: Varun Mathur, a friend and business partner of the late actor in a firm, reaches Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Mumbai for questioning. pic.twitter.com/40DomXlzAE
— ANI (@ANI) September 3, 2020
11:50 am:- Cook Neeraj and Keshav reaches DRDO guesthouse for interrogation
11:56 am:- NCB arrest’s another person Faizan Ibrahim in connection with the drugs angle
12:03 pm:- NCB busts drug racket and seized 3.5 kg of bud which was allegedly smuggled from the US and was sent to Mumbai.
12:52 pm: Zaid Vilatra sent to NCB custody till 9th September
12:53 pm:- As soon as Zaid was granted custody, his lawyer Tarak Sayyad applied to Esplanade Court stating that whatever statement Zaid gave to NCB is not true or voluntary.
01:21 pm:- For the first time SSR’s therapist Susan Walker reaches DRDO guest house for questioning.
03:39 pm:- Rhea’s father was questioned for 5 hours in connection with SSR’s death case
04:04 pm:- CBI summoned Cornerstone CEO Bunty Sajdeh to investigate any potential link between SSR and Disha Salian’s death.
08:22 pm:- Susan Walker grilled for almost 6 hours by CBI. She left the guesthouse after 8 pm.
09:47 pm:- Varun Mathur leaves from ED office
Meanwhile, talking about today, early in the morning NCB raided Rhea Chakraborty’s house, her brother Showik’s house and her associate Samuel Miranda’s house parallelly in relation with the drug case. Two NCB teams were spotted at Rhea’s residence, they reportedly searched her car, phone, laptop and were also seen searching every corner of her society.
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First published: 4 September 2020, 10:52 IST