Comedian Bharti Singh, husband arrested in drugs probe

Comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) after several hours of questioning in a drugs probe.Earlier, the NCB had raided the house of Bharti Singh and her husband Harsh Limbachiyaa ad reportedly recovered an unspecified quantity of Ganja. According to reports, a drug peddler revealed the name of Bharti Singh and her husband. Later, Bharti and Harsh were detained and taken for investigations to the NCB offices in south Mumbai in separate vehicles where they were being questioned. On reaching the NCB offices, Bharti Singh briefly told mediapersons that they had been "called for some questioning". On Saturday, the NCB teams landed at their premises in Andheri, Lokhandwala Complex and Versova areas and carried out search operations. Bharti and Harsh are noted comedians, television personalities hosting programmes, appearing in reality shows or serials. This is part of the ongoing investigations into Bollywood-drugs mafia nexus which the NCB is trying to unravel since the past three months or so. Since September till date, the NCB has arrested over 20 persons including Bollywood actress Rhea Chakbraborty, now on bail, her brother Showik and other film industry related persons, drug financers, suppliers or peddlers, including some foreigners. As the NCB claims to have unearthed a close link between the drug mafia and the glamour industry, it has questioned several prominent film personalities. They included actresses Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, model-cum-actor Arjun Rampal, and filmmaker Firoz Nadiadwala, whose wife Shabana was arrested and got bail after some quantities of 'commercial quantity' drugs were found at her residence.

Bharti Singh at NCB office.

(Photo: Yogen Shah)