Drugs case: Ex-Dharma Productions man bought ganja 12 times in 3 months

The Narcotics Control Bureau NCB which arrested Kshitij Prasad former executive Producer of the Dharma Productions in connection with the drug investigation related to Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajputs death case allegedly purchased ganja around a dozen times over a threemonth period and paid Rs 3500 each time for the 50 gm of the contrabandKshitij was arrested by the NCB on Saturday NCB sources said that during the searches at this residence on Friday the agency recovered a joint believed to be remains of smoked ganja from the residence of Kshitij and also some documents and gadgetsAn NCB source said that during questioning alleged peddler Ankush Arneja who was arrested on September 12 identified Sanket Hanuman Chand Patel as the supplier of drugs to KshitijOn revelations Patel was arrested and confessed that he supplied ganjaweed to Arneja on the instructions of another accused Karamjeet SinghThe NCB source said that Kshitij was delivered ganja by Karamjeet outside his building in Mumbais Andheri West areaKshitij was provided ganja for more than a dozen of times between May to July this year He used to make a payment of Rs 3500 for every delivery of 50 grams of ganja from Karamjeet the source addedThe source further said that the drug law enforcement agency is verifying if Kshitij passed on the contraband to others in Bollywood The source further disclosed that as a buyer Kshitij was indirectly part of transactions linked to another case coaccused from whom the agency had seized a variety of narcotics in commercial quantities in the last few daysThe NCB meanwhile in its remand copy in a Mumbai court said that Kshitij is indirectly connected with an accused Anuj Keshwani from whom narcotics seized in commercial quantities of the contraband The city court on Sunday remanded Kshitij to the NCBs custody till October 3 Keshwani is already in judicial custodyThe NCB source said that the agency is investigating to whom Kshitij delivered contraband in BollywoodThe source further said that as Kshitij bought ganja 12 times in three months from a peddler it needs to be verified if such frequent purchases were for personal consumption or they were passed on further to othersThe agency has so far arrested 20 people in the caseBased on disclosures by Keshwani the NCB had on September 12 searched the premises of another accused Ankush Arneja seizing 42 gram of charas and cash worth Rs 112 lakh and certain documentsArnejas statement was recorded under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act NDPS wherein she stated that she supplied hashish to Prasad via coaccused Sanket Patel on various occasions according to the NCBArneja was arrested and is in judicial custodyThe NCB had on Saturday interviewed actors Deepika Padukone Sara Ali Khan and Shraddha Kapoor in connection with the probe The agency also questioned Padukones manager Karishma Prakash On Friday the NCB also questioned Bollywood actor Rakul Preet Singh and several othersThe NCB has already arrested Sushants girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty her brother Showik and several othersKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever