25-09-2020

After reports that Ranveer Singh has requested that he should be allowed to be stay within NCB?premises during questioning of Deepika Padukone on account of her anxiety issues, an official from the central agency has denied such a request.

The Narcotics Control?Bureau (NCB) has clarified that it has not received any request, written or verbal, from actor Ranveer Singh to join actor and wife Deepika Padukone�s interrogation, scheduled for Saturday. It was widely reported on Friday that the 83 actor had sought permission from the agency to be present in the NCB office during Deepika�s questioning session, citing �anxiety� issue. Ranveer had reportedly mentioned that Deepika sometimes had anxiety issues and faces panic attacks.

Deepika, accompanied by her husband Ranveer, returned from Goa on Thursday. She along with other actors from Bollywood, including Sara Ali Khan and Rakul Preet Singh, has been summoned by the NCB over alleged drugs nexus in Bollywood. Deepika was in Goa to shoot for Shakun Batra�s next, along with Ananya Panday and Siddhant Chaturvedi.

Deepika is slated to appear before the NCB in Mumbai on Saturday. Rakul and Padukone�s manager Karishma Prakash will join the investigation on Friday, an NCB official had said.

The NCB, which began the inquiry after a drugs angle came to light in connection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput�s alleged suicide, has now widened its investigation. According to an NCB official, the 34-year-old actor had earlier acknowledged the summons sent by the central agency.