Arjun Rampal Summoned By NCB After Recovering Medicinal Substances That Fall Under The NDPS Act From His Possession

On Monday the Narcotics Control Bureau conducted a raid at actor Arjun Rampal’s properties in Mumbai, Khar, Andheri, and Bandra. This step was taken a day after Arjun’s girlfriend Gabriella Demetriades’ brother Agisilaos Demetriades was taken into custody by the NCB. Arjun and Gabriella have been summoned by the agency on November 11, 2020.

Now, amidst the speculation that nothing was recovered from the actor’s residence, the NCB officials clarified that they found a medicinal substance from the actor’s home, which comes under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. 

As per a report by The Times Of India, NCB official Sameer Wankhede was saying in a statement, “Reports about nothing was recovered is not true, we conducted searches and found medicines that fall under the NDPS act. We have summoned Arjun Rampal and his girlfriend Gabriella to the NCB on November 11 and November 12.”

According to an IANS report, the raids lasted for several hours, the NCB officials have seized Arjun’s electronic gadgets including mobile phones, laptops, tablets, and some documents. They also questioned Rampal's driver.

The news came right after the NCB summoned Bollywood producer Firoz Nadiadwala and arrested his wife Shabana Saeed after 10gms of Marijuana was seized from their home.