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Out of all those arrested by the Narcotic Control Bureau in the drug nexus probe in Bollywood, Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik Chakraborty has spent the longest time in jail. The agency arrested both siblings for procuring drugs in September. While Rhea walked out on bail in 28 days, Showik’s plea was rejected twice. Turns out it is a sigh of relief for the Chakraborty family as the NDPS court has granted Showik bail and below is all you need to know what the judgement about the complete row says.
For the unversed, Rhea Chakraborty was one of the prime suspects in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. While the CBI and ED probes interrogated her, they found a drugs angle and alerted the NCB. The narcotics agency took over and found links between Rhea, Showik and peddlers. After which a raid also allegedly found drugs at their home and the two were arrested for the same.
Now as per a report in SpotboyE, Showik Chakraborty has walked out with bail. The NDPS court granted him the same and even said that the charged under financing illicit drug trafficking do not apply to Showik. He was booked under Section 27A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. If the charges weren’t invoked and Showik was proved guilty, he would have to spend 20 years in jail.
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