The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has charged actor Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik Chakraborty, and others in a drugs case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.
The draft charges were filed in front of a special court in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Special public prosecutor Atul Sarpande said the prosecution maintained charges against all the accused as mentioned in the charge sheet filed before the court, The Hindustan Times reported citing PTI.
On June 14, 2020, actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Bandra residence. The CBI opened the inquiry related to the case. A little after that the Enforcement Directorate and Narcotics Control Bureau opened separate investigations in the case.
In September 2020, Rhea, Sushant’s girlfriend at the time was arrested but was granted bail a month later.
Showik and several others are also named as accused in the case for alleged consumption, possession and financing of drugs.
According to the case document, the proposed the court to charge Rhea and Showik for consumption of narcotic substances and also for supplying such substances to Sushant.
The court was scheduled to frame charges against all the accused but it couldn't be done as a few of the accused moved discharge applications, the special prosecutor said.