After the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) gave a clean chit to Aryan Khan on Friday in last year’s drugs-on-cruise case, stating that there was no recovery of drugs from him, nor was there any concrete evidence to prove that he conspired with the other accused, senior lawyer Satish Maneshinde, who represented Aryan Khan, has now sought a similar enquiry into Rhea Chakraborty’s drug case related to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.

He says, “I demanded on social media that there should be an enquiry in Rhea’s case, and NCB can form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and investigate this case, too. S N Pradhan, DG, NCB, said just a day before that WhatsApp chats are not admissible in the court. No drugs were found on her. No tests were done. Why should she suffer? Her case was also handled by a set of officers who were part of Aryan’s case, too. I am requesting the central government authorities and the PMO for this.”

The lawyer adds, “It was very nice of S N Pradhan and Deputy DG Sanjay Singh to form a SIT and reveal the truths of the investigation in the Aryan Khan case. They should be doing the same for the Rhea Chakraborty case, too. In fact, I would say that they should do it for all the cases. Deepika Padukone, Rakul Preet Singh and Sara Ali Khan were all paraded at the NCB office. The DG NCB should investigate the matter.”

In an interview with a news channel, he sought enquiry into all such cases handled by the NCB officials, saying, “Bollywood actors have life of 10-20 years only (in the industry) and they have to be fit, which can’t be done with drugs. But for popularity they (the NCB) did this and paraded stars.”

He added, “For the last three years, the NCB has troubled a lot of people and action is needed against these officials. There were just WhatsApp chats and no test was done.”