While the NCB is all set to nab Rhea Chakraborty in the narco case after his brother Showik Chakraborty, lawyer Satish Maneshinde has made some sensational claims to the court. Maneshinde arguing in a metropolitan court for Showik Chakraborty against the drugs allegations.
Arguing for Showik's bail, Maneshinde informed the court that Sushant and Showik's sister Rhea Chakraborty first met at the Yash Raj Studios in 2013. He also said, "Thereafter, they became close friends sometime after April 13, 2019. Rhea was living with him till June 8, 2020. She was asked by Sushant to leave the house with her bags as there was a disagreement over the treatment of his mental health conditions as he was insisting on taking illegal and unwarranted prescriptions sent by his sister Priyanka. The doctor who had prescribed the medicines had not even consulted with Sushant and there was no online consultation or telemedicine. It is not in conformity with Pandemic Rules. The Whatsapp messages between Sushant Singh Rajput and his sister Priyanka are clear on the point."
Going by the reports of The New Indian Express, Maneshinde also claimed to the court "Rhea was insisting on following the treatment of five doctors in Mumbai whom Sushant had met and consulted. He had stopped the line of treatment and was not taking prescribed medicines. He was, on the contrary, consuming psychotropic drugs regularly. Doctors had advised him to desist from drug consumption and instead take the prescribed medicines. Thereafter except one Whatsapp message each on Sushant and Rhea phones from Sushant, there was no further contact. Rhea had blocked Sushant Singh Rajput on her phone. She learnt on June 14, 2020 of his death."
"As a matter of fact, five doctors who were consulted by Sushant have made statements to police that Sushant Singh Rajput was under their treatment and that he had drug issues. These statements are in public domain. The five house mates and helps have made statements to Mumbai Police that Sushant consumed drugs and that it was much before Rhea came in his life. All of them were already living with Sushant and were hired much before April 13, 2019.
Both Showik and Rhea have never consumed Narcotic/Psychotropic Drugs. They are both ready and willing to take a blood and drug test," he added.
Maneshinde claimed, "Rhea knows that he was consuming drugs even on the sets of Kedarnath when the movie was being shot in 2016-2017. It is not an addiction that he acquired after Rhea came in his life. He was consuming drugs even against medical advice. It is a case of a person who consumed it against medical advise and requests from Rhea. He enjoyed it in his lifetime and died."
He also claimed that Sushant was suffering from mental illness from the age of 20 and his mother also suffered from the same illness. His sisters used to feed him illegal medicines. Maneshinde concluded and said, "The NDPS remand makes no ground for granting NCB remand. It is a case of bailable offences. Foisting 27A with no evidence or material is not sufficient to grant custody. This is a fit case for bail."