A day after the NCB arrested former Dharma Productions employee Kshitij Prasad, he told the magistrate court that the cops harassed and blackmailed him to get a false statement and also treated him badly. After recording his statement, the court sent him to NCB custody till October 3.

Denying the charges against him, Prasad told the media outside the NCB office, "I am being framed." He was arrested on Saturday for his alleged links with the Bollywood drug cartel. According to the NCB, he had links with many drug peddlers and his custodial interrogation was important to unearth the nexus. The agency further said that he had close links with peddler Ankush Arneja, who has been arrested. Arneja also runs a high-profile kitchen in South Mumbai.