Arjun Rampal released a statement after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested his girlfriend Gabriella Demetriades’ brother Agisilaos Demetriades in a drugs case on September 25. Agisilaos, a South African, was arrested for possession of drugs in Goa.

In his statement, Arjun, who’s currently shooting in London, requested that people should refrain from attaching his partner’s name and his name to something that they have nothing to do with. He wrote, “I’m as shocked and taken aback as you are with this latest development. It’s unfortunate that my name is being unnecessarily dragged in every publication though I have no association whatsoever. As far as my family and I are concerned, my direct family and I are law-abiding citizens. And while the incident involves a person who is a relative of my partner, I have no other connection or relationship other than that with this person.”

He added, “I request the media to not make headlines using my name as we are not related and this is causing hurt and confusion for my own family and the people I have a professional relationship with. I have faith in our legal system and whoever is on the wrong side on the law, should be treated as the judiciary deems fit. My trust is in the system in these matters.”

Arjun added, “Let the law take its course and kindly refrain from attaching my partner’s and my name to something we have nothing to do with. I appreciate all your support and humbly request you to be honest and sensitive in this regard.”

NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede said, “Agisilaos was earlier arrested twice. We seized a small quantity of hashish/ charas from his house in North Goa. He was produced in court, which remanded him to judicial custody till Monday.”

Agisilaos was first arrested last year while the NCB was probing a drug case after the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. “There are now three NCB cases against Agisilaos Demetriades. He was arrested in the Sushant Singh Rajput drug case in October 2020. There was a second, Nigerian cocaine case and now this is the third one against him,” said Wankhede.

Last year, the NCB had questioned Arjun and Gabriella while it was probing a drug case, too.