Rhea Chakraborty says NCB forced her to make self-incriminating confessions, moves bail plea

Guwahati: Sushant Singh Rajput's rumoured girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, held in a drugs case, has claimed in her bail application filed in a Mumbai court that during her interrogation by the NCB, she was forced to make "self-incriminating confessions".

In her plea filed in a sessions court, Rhea said that she has not committed any crime, and has been falsely charged in the case. The application will come up for a hearing later today.

Rhea filed this plea after a magistrate court rejected her bail application. She was arrested in Mumbai by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday.

"During her (NCB) custody, the applicant (Rhea) was coerced into making self-incriminating confessions. The actor has formally retracted all such incriminating confessions," says the plea, filed by her lawyer Satish Maneshinde.

The plea further said that Rhea's arrest is "unwarranted and without any justification", adding that the actor's liberty has arbitrarily been curtailed. Rhea in her plea also said that no female officer was present during her interrogation.

It is pertinent to mention here that Rhea was arrested after three days of questioning by the NCB, and is currently in judicial custody.

The bail pleas of other accused in the case, including that of Rhea's brother Showik, who was arrested by the NCB last week, will also be heard on Thursday.

Besides Rhea and Showik, the NCB has also arrested Sushant's house manager Samuel Miranda and others on drug supply charges.

The NCB had said that Rhea, in her statement, confessed to her involvement in the procurement of drugs and financial transactions and also her instructions to other accused, Samuel Miranda, Sushant's domestic help Dipesh Sawant and Showik.

The agency said that Rhea is an active member of the "drug syndicate connected with drug supplies."

The NCB had said that the actress has revealed that she used to procure drugs for Sushant for consumption purpose.

She also used to manage finances for drug procurement along with the late actor, it added.NCB, the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)- are investigating various angles surrounding the death of the Sushant Singh Rajput.

Rajput was found dead at his Bandra flat on June 14.

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