The officials of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) are recording statements of Keshav Bachner and Neeraj Singh, former house staff of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, in connection with the drug case being probed by the agency.
According to the NCB sources, recently the duo was summoned to assist the agency in their probe. "We are recording statements of Keshav and Neeraj. As of now no decision has been taken on making them witnesses in our case," said an NCB official.
On May 26, an NCB team had arrested Siddharth Pithani, flat mate of Rajput in connection with their drug probe, from Hyderabad. After Pithani's arrest, total number of persons arrested in the case has reached 35, officials informed.
Earlier notices under Section 67 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act were served to Siddharth Pithani but he did not join the investigation, said an official.
In August last year, NCB had registered an offence against actress Rhea Chakraborty under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after Enforcement Directorate (ED) gave them details about Chakraborty's communication with few people wherein they were discussing about drugs such as MDMA, LSD and hash (hashish). The ED had received the alleged information from the deleted WhatsApp data of Chakraborty.
Later the NCB arrested several people including Rhea and her brother Showik among others in connection with the case.
