Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty’s judicial custody was on Tuesday extended till October 6 by a special Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court.
Rhea Chakraborty was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on September 8 for her alleged involvement in a drugs case linked to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. She was then taken to Byculla jail in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, Satish Maneshinde, the lawyer who is representing Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik said that they have moved the Bombay High Court, seeking a bail.
The lawyer said the bail application will be heard on September 23.
During the investigation into actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case, a drug angle emerged. The NCB arrested Rhea Chakraborty after days of questioning. She was named as an accused in the CBI investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death on June 14.