In the ongoing investigation into actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, the count of those arrested went up to eight on Saturday. Rajput's cook Dipesh Sawant was arrested as well. He joined the investigation on Friday at 10 pm and was subjected to interrogation and confrontation with Showik Chakraborty, Samuel Miranda, Zaid Vilatra and Kaizan Ibrahim. His statement was recorded and on the basis of enough corroborative evidences, he has been placed under arrest under the provisions of NDPS Act. He will be produced at Esplanade Court at 11 am today.

The other arrested include alleged drug peddlers Vilatra and Abdel Basit Parihar, while Chakraborty and Miranda were sent to Narcotics Control Bureau remand till September 9. Three others—Karan Arora and Abbas Lakhani who were caught with drugs and alleged drug peddler Ibrahim—have already been released on bail. No other summons were issued on Saturday by the NCB. Showik is Rhea Chakraborty's brother, while Miranda was Rajput's house manager. An NCB official told mid-day that summons will be sent to Rhea soon as well.