The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday morning reached the house of actor Rhea Chakraborty asking her to join the drugs probe linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, ANI reported.

“Summon has been given to Rhea. She was at her home,” said Joint Director of NCB, Sameer Wankhede. The NCB team had arrived at Rhea’s residence on Sunday morning to serve the summon. “She can come on her own or she can come with the team,” he said.

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“She (Rhea Chakraborty) will come. There will be cross-questioning and nothing else. The outcome will be communicated to you,” Amit Fakkad Ghawate, Deputy Director, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) told ANI. 

A court in Mumbai on Saturday had sent Rhea’s brother Showik Chakraborty and Rajput’s former house manager Samuel Miranda to the Narcotics Control Bureau’s custody till September 9. They were arrested on Friday night after the agency had searched their homes. 

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The bureau, also arrested Rajput’s cook Dipesh Sawant in connection with this investigation on Saturday. So far, eight people, including alleged drug dealers Zaid Vilatra and Abdel Basit Parihar, have been arrested in the case.

Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his apartment in Mumbai on June 14, in what the Mumbai Police said was a case of suicide. However, Rajput’s father KK Singh had filed an FIR against Chakraborty last month, accusing her of abetment to suicide.

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The CBI took over the inquiry into Rajput’s death earlier this month as the Centre accepted the Bihar government’s recommendation to involve the investigation agency in the case. The Enforcement Directorate is probing a money-laundering angle while the Narcotics Bureau is probing alleged dealings in banned drugs.