NCB Summons Arjun Rampal’s Sister in Drug Case: Official | Bombay News
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has summoned actor Arjun Rampal’s sister to its Mumbai office for questioning in connection with a drug case, an officer with the ANI news agency said on Wednesday.
Rampal also appeared before the agency in November and December last year in connection with the case following which the NCB said he could be recalled due to a “discrepancy” in his statement. , according to Sameer Wankhede, NCB area manager in Mumbai. “There was a discrepancy in Arjun Rampal’s statement. He can be summoned again for questioning, “he told ANI.
The drug agency raided the actor’s home on November 9 and seized electronic gadgets. His girlfriend Gabriella Demetriades was then interrogated for six hours on the same day. Rampal and Demetriades were reportedly drafted into the NCB after discovering the involvement of the latter’s brother, Agisilaos Demetriades, in drug cases and finding out that he was in contact with many Bollywood celebrities, an NCB officer said .
However, in a post on Twitter on January 1 Rampal reiterated that he had “never been on the wrong side of the law”. “So as we head into 2021, it’s worry that makes me write my thoughts of a year that has filled millions of lives with fear, anxiety, disruption, scandals, hypocrisy. , lies, truths, realization, enlightenment, bravery, strength, courage, charity, confusion, clarity and character. Most of these emotions that I felt myself, as I observed silently each of them overwhelm me with an emotion that each of the adjectives brings, ”he wrote on the microblogging site.
The federal agency has interviewed a range of Bollywood actors and their contacts regarding the investigation into the Mumbai-based film industry’s alleged drug links. The case was reportedly exposed during the investigation into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June last year at his Bandra apartment.