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‘Bigger and more influential’ names under NCB radar? NCB to initiate phase 3 probe

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With an ongoing probe in Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide case, the entire industry came under the radar of digital protests by the netizens. While the initial investigation brought trouble for the star kids as the netizens boycotted them completely, with NCB in the picture, many more are alleged to be linked with drug nexus.

Earlier Rhea Chakraborty and her brother along with few more were arrested for procuring contraband substances, bigger names came into the picture when alleged chats of drug discussions surfaced online. While NCB summoned Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh for questioning, the agency raided residences of many television artists as well. While Deepika and Shraddha were the biggest names that were linked with the investigation until now, the latest report suggests that NCB has more in the list.

According to Republic TV, the ongoing NCB probe will be moving to its phase 3 and the agency has ‘bigger and more influential’ names under the radar. The report also suggested that the next phase of the probe will last for around a month and NCB Chief Rakesh Asthana has given the team a time frame of 6 months to file the charge sheet of the ongoing investigation in Bollywood industry. Rakesh Asthana recently arrived Mumbai to review the findings of the agency when bigger names came were brought into the probe.

Meanwhile, Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan, who were summoned by the NCB team, refused the allegations of drugs consumption. However, NCB hasn’t given them a clean chit yet. As per the reports, financial transactions of the actresses for the last 3 years are being assessed by the agency.

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