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Mumbai, May 28
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested Siddhartha Pithani, a flatmate of Sushant Singh Rajput, in a drug case linked to the Bollywood actor s death last year, an official said on Friday.
Pithani was arrested from Hyderabad and produced in a special court in Mumbai which sent him in the NCB custody till June 1.
Pithani was Rajput s friend and was staying with him at the actor s apartment in suburban Bandra.
According to his statement to Mumbai Police, Pithani was among the first to see the actor s hanging body when Rajput (34) allegedly committed suicide on June 14, 2020.
The NCB began a separate probe when some WhatsApp chats of the late actor indicated drug use.