Comedian Bharti Singh was arrested on Saturday by the Narcotis Control Bureau(NCB) after she and her husband Harsh Limbachiya accepted charges of consumption of marijuana, reported news media outlet ANI quoting NCB.
Earlier on Saturday, NCB had raided the production office and house of comedian Bharti Singh, and recovered a total 86.5 gms of ganja from the respective buildings.

Following the raid, both  Bharti and her husband Harsh Limbachiya were questioned by the NCB and the duo accepted charges of consumption of Ganja. Bharti Singh was arrested while husband Harsh Limbachiya is still being cross examined, reported ANI.

“Singh’s name had cropped up during the interrogation of a drug peddler,” Sameer Wankhede, NCB’s chief investigator said.

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NCB is also carrying out searches at two more locations in the city, the official added.

The NCB started investigating drug use in the Bollywood fraternity following Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput death by suicide at his Bandra home on June 14, 2020.

They have been looking over Whatsapp chats involving alleged drug use among several prominent personalities like Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet Singh, Deepika Padukone, and Firoz Nadiadwala. 

Bharti Singh has climbed the ladder in the TV industry appearing in many comedy and reality shows on TV. She is currently seen in the famous TV show, the Kapil Sharma Show.