The Mumbai office of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has sent a notice to director-producer Karan Johar in connection with a video of a 2019 party organised by him which had gone viral.
A senior NCB officer confirmed the development & said that on Wednesday the notice was served to Johar & he has to respond to it by Friday. He need not have to physically come to NCB office & can send his say through someone.
NCB in Sept had received a complaint from Siromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa demanding a probe into the matter, alleging celebrities used drugs at the said party. The central office then forwarded the complaint to its Mumbai zonal unit for further action.
The NCB officer said that “To check the veracity of the video, the notice has been sent to Johar. We have not summoned anyone".
Siromani Akali Dal national spokesperson Sirsa had filed a complaint with the NCB chief Rakesh Asthana in the claimed drug party organised at Johar’s house which was attended by several top Bollywood actors.
On Sept 25, Sirsa also tweeted that the NCB could soon send summons to Johar in the drug-related case. However, NCB never summoned Johar.
NCB is already investigating the Bollywood-drug nexus case, after a drug angle surfaced in the investigation linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June.
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