SSR case: NCB team conducts raids at Rhea Chakraborty's home

A team of NCB, consisting of a female officer, reached Rhea's house at around 6:30 am. A team from Mumbai Police was also present.

Parallel searches were also carried out at the residence of Samuel, who was reportedly appointed by Rhea at Sushant's place last May.

Sushant's family alleged Samuel helped Rhea siphon off funds and administered drugs to the 34-year-old actor.

The searches are being conducted under the NDPS Act.

Earlier, NCB established a link between Rhea's brother, Showik, and a 20-year-old drug peddler named Zaid Vilatra, who has been arrested. A report in India Today claimed Showik asked Samuel to give Rs. 10,000 to Zaid for 5 gm of a drug.

Before Samuel spoke to Zaid, he had a conversation with one Basit Parihar.

Meanwhile, Rhea, who is at the center of the most-followed case in the country currently, maintained that she has never consumed drugs, and was ready for a blood test.

She added that Sushant smoked up marijuana, even after she protested.

In an interaction with India Today, Rhea said, "Yes, he smoked up marijuana. If he wanted to smoke up, he would."

To note, the investigation into the case is being steered by CBI. The investigative agency was handed over the case last month by Supreme Court.

Earlier, Justice Hrishikesh Roy had said, "Sushant was a talented actor and died before his full potential could be realized. The outcome of the probe would be a measure of justice for Sushant's father, who lost his only son."

This week, CBI grilled Rhea's parents — Indrajeet and Sandhya Chakraborty — for the first time. On Wednesday, the couple was questioned by a CBI team, that is putting up in a DRDO guest house in Kalina, for nearly eight hours.

CBI has questioned Rhea for over 30 hours since it took over the case.

Showik has also been interrogated.

Sushant, a promising actor of Bollywood, was found dead at his Mumbai home on June 14. Mumbai Police said the death seemed like a case of suicide.

However, weeks later, his father KK Singh filed an FIR in Bihar, accusing Rhea of fraud and abetment of suicide.

The family has claimed she withheld crucial information about Sushant's mental illness from them.