Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his flat in Mumbai in June.

Mumbai:

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s cook Dipesh Sawant was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau or NCB on Saturday in the widening probe into allegations of drug abuse surrounding the movie star’s death in June.

Mr Sawant was asked to join the investigation on Saturday and was questioned since the morning. With this, the total number of people arrested in this case has risen to eight.

The anti-narcotics agency had earlier arrested Showik Chakraborty, the brother Sushant Singh’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, and Samuel Miranda, the actor’s house manager, on Friday under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

A senior NCB officer had earlier said that Mr Sawant’s role was that of a “witness” in the case.

Various angles surrounding the death of the 34-year-old Sushant Singh Rajput are being probed by three federal agencies, including the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the NCB.

The NCB has said that it is looking into “the drug citadel in Mumbai, and especially Bollywood” in this case. According to officials, the mobile phone chats and messages indicated procurement, transportation and consumption of drugs and these leads were shared by the ED with the NCB and the CBI.