The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has filed an application before the Bombay high court to seek cancellation of the “unjustified and arbitrary” bail granted by a trial court to Showik Chakraborty, brother of Rhea Chakraborty, and nine others in a drugs case related to the suicide by Rhea’s actor-boyfriend, Sushant Singh Rajput, last year. The special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court had in December last year granted Showik bail. The NCB said, the bail order was granted by ignoring the findings and observations made by the high court, under special statute, while rejecting the bail application. The Bombay high court had rejected Showik’s bail plea in October last year.
According to the NCB, Showik was granted bail despite findings of involvement and his links with other drug peddlers, and it needs to be set aside and his custody restored. It also said, his post-bail conduct was not conducive to further investigations or a fair trial. The matter was posted to March 30.