After Bharti Singh, husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa arrested by NCB for possession of cannabis

Haarsh Limbachiyaa, husband of comedian Bharti Singh, was arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday in connection with alleged possession and consumption of cannabis. NCB began questioning Haarsh Limbachiya on Saturday and that ended in the early morning hours today. The comedian was arrested on Saturday as per the provisions of the NDPS Act 1986. Both Bharti and her husband have accepted consumption of Ganja, NCB said in a statement.

NCB on Saturday raided the production office and house of comedian Bharti Singh and from both the places 86.5 gms of ganja was recovered. NCB had earlier raided a place in Khar Danda area and nabbed a trafficker aged 21 years with various drugs including 15 blots of LSD (commercial quantity), ganja (40 grams), and Nitrazepam (psychotropic medicines).

Haarsh Limbachiyaa, husband of comedian Bharti Singh, arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Singh was arrested yesterday.

NCB raided production office & house of Bharti Singh y’day & recovered 86.5 gms of Ganja from both places. Both of them accepted consumption of Ganja.

— ANI (@ANI) November 22, 2020

The NCB zeroed in on the couple after a couple of drug peddlers, arrested in an ongoing action late on Friday, revealed the names of Bharti and Harsh, informed NCB Zonal head Sameer Wankhede. Both Bharti and Harsh shall be produced before a Special NDPS Court later Sunday afternoon.

In follow up and in corroboration with previous inputs, NCB raided the production office and house of comedian Bharti Singh. This comes as the probe, which began from the drug case in connection with the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, continues to expand to the alleged drug abuse by Bollywood celebrities.

Notably, a raid was also conducted at the residence of actor Arjun Rampal, after which he and his girlfriend were summoned by the NCB for questioning in the matter.

-With ANI inputs