Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput died at his sixth floor apartment in Mumbai's Bandra (West) area on June 14 due to apparent suicide by hanging himself. The news of his death has left his fans across the country in immense grief and sorrow, while also sparking an intense debate on the circumstances that led to the unfortunate incident. With the nation still mourning the 34-year-old actor's demise, several names have since cropped up in regard to his passing away during the ongoing investigation being conducted by authorities.
Among the several prominent personalities that have come to the limelight, actress Rhea Chakraborty, who was Sushant Singh Rajput's girlfriend at the time of his death, was arrested on Tuesday by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on drug-related charges. Earlier, the actress' brother Showik Chakraborty was also apprehended to law-enforcing authorities in the case. As on Friday noon, the bail pleas of Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty including Sushant Singh Rajput's house manager Samuel Miranda, along with Abdul Basit, Zaid Vilatra and Dipesh Sawant were rejected by a special court in Mumbai.
Post Rhea Chakraborty's arrest, two unseen videos were uncovered earlier this week by a private television channel that showed her spending time with Sushant Singh Rajput prior to his death. After the two videos became a subject of intense discussion, another video has now made its way into the same TV channel, in which we see Sushant and Rhea along with a few other people smoking. In the video, both of them are talking about their cigarettes, with Sushant stating that he is smoking a herbal cigarette. Although herbal cigarettes don't usually contain any tobacco or nicotine, they are said to include a mixture of flowers, herbs, and other natural ingredients.
The video which has Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty sharing the herbal cigarette with others in the room has many on social media calling foul on the actress' claim that she never took drugs. While the debate on the whole controversy continues, a sizable section of fans are strongly upset at the manner in which the videos have come out. Below is the video:
#ZeeExposedRhea
Sushant and Rhea both are druggies.
It's fault of both not particular one.
SSR was not a little kid which he wouldn't know about bad effects of drugs. @sudhirchaudhary @ZeeNews pic.twitter.com/zKCRjEYLg0— CHETAN (Hrithikian ) (@ichets_hr) September 11, 2020