Meanwhile, a Mumbai sessions court on Friday rejected the bail plea of Rhea, along with her brother Showik and four others. Their bail applications were rejected by judge G B Gurao of the special court hearing cases filed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Special Public Prosecutor Atul Sarpande had opposed their bail, saying that Rhea and Showik financed and arranged drugs.
All the six accused – including Samuel Miranda, Dipesh Swant, Abdul Basit and Zaid Vilatra – are likely to move the Bombay High Court for bail, Rhea’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde said shortly after the ruling. Until she gets further relief, Rhea, 28 – who was arrested on September 8 and sent to judicial custody till September 22 – will remain in the Byculla Jail. The other accused, Miranda – home manager of the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, house help Sawant, and two drug peddlers – are also in judicial custody.
