A special court in Mumbai has rejected the bail plea of actor Rhea
Chakraborty and her brother Showik on Friday (September 11), Satish Maneshinde told Opoyi. 

After hearing the
plea on Thursday, the court had reserved its decision for today.

Rhea was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on
Tuesday for her alleged involvement in a drugs case linked to late actor
Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.

The actor and her brother Showik have been booked for allegedly
financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders under Section 27 A of the
NDPS Act. 

The NCB has claimed that the ‘Jalebi’
actor disclosed her involvement in the procurement of drugs for Sushant and
related financial transactions.

If found guilty, both Rhea and Showik can face imprisonment
for not less than 10 years and can be fined Rs 2 lakh each.

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This is Rhea’s second attempt
to seek release after a magistrate court on Tuesday refused to grant her bail.

She was sent to judicial custody till September 22 by the local
court.  

In the fresh petition, Rhea has
claimed that she has not committed any crime and that she has been falsely
implicated in the matter.

Further, the plea read: “… was coerced into making
self-incriminatory confessions and by her application on September 8 the
applicant has formally retracted all such incriminatory confessions”.

While Showik was arrested by
the NCB last week. He was sent in 14-day judicial custody by the sessions
court.

Also, Sushant’s house manager Samuel Miranda, along with his
personal staff member Dipesh Sawant was also arrested. 

Sushant Singh Rajput was
found dead at his Mumbai home on June 14.

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Various angles surrounding the actor’s death are being probed by
the NCB, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI).