Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Bharti was arrested on Saturday, while Haarsh was arrested on Sunday after being questioned for 12 hours.
Now, the couple has been sent to ’14-day judicial custody till 4th December, in connection with the seizure of ganja from their residence’. ANI’s tweet read: “Maharashtra: A court in Mumbai sends comedian Bharti Singh (in pic) and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa to 14-day judicial custody till 4th December, in connection with the seizure of ganja from their residence. They were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).”
Check the tweet here.
Maharashtra: A court in Mumbai sends comedian Bharti Singh (in pic) and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa to 14-day judicial custody till 4th December, in connection with the seizure of ganja from their residence.
They were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). https://t.co/Lq02uHxWHT
— ANI (@ANI) November 22, 2020
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raided their production office and residence where 86.5 gms of ganja was found. They were arrested under the provisions of the NDPS Act in a case of alleged possession and consumption of ganja. In a press release, NCB said Bharti and Haarsh accepted the consumption of ganja.
The NCB has been investigating the drug nexus in Bollywood after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput in June. They arrested Rajput’s girlfriend, Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik and later more names cropped up. Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Arjun Rampal and his girlfriend Gabriella Demetriades and others were also interrogated.