Siddharth Pithani, the engineer-friend of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Hyderabad today (28th May) in the drugs probe related to the death case. Sushant had allegedly committed suicide on June 14 last year. Siddharth was one of the persons who was in Sushant’s house when he was found hanging in his room. In fact, Siddharth was one of the several friends who used to live with the late actor and who were part of his core team.
Pithani was brought to Bombay soon after his arrest in Hyderabad this morning. He was sent to judicial custody by a court till June 1. A police team had gone in search of him after he skipped many summons. According to the police, some documents and electronic evidence had been found at his Hyderabad residence.