NCB To Return Arjun Rampal and Gabriella Demetriades’ Devices Amid Alleged Drug Case Investigation

A special court in Mumbai on Friday ordered the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to return all the electronic devices such as laptops and phones belonging to Arjun Rampal and his partner Gabriella Demetriades. This order was reportedly given under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Last year, their gadgets were seized for the investigation of an alleged drug case.

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After the demise of Sushant Singh Rajput last year, the NCB had started investigating an alleged drug case in Bollywood. Several Bollywood celebrities such as Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, etc were questioned for the same. As per reports, Arjun Rampal and Gabriella Demetriades were also among the celebs to be questioned, and their devices were confiscated by the investigating agency after a raid at their residence.

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According to a daily, the couple’s advocate claimed that “the trial will take a long time and that the seizure of the devices has put the couple in a severe financial bind.” As per the daily, the advocate also said that the couple has agreed to abide by the conditions placed by the court in order to get their devices released.

As per the daily, the agency’s special public prosecutor, Atul Sarpande, “strongly opposed this.” He reportedly said, “There is every likelihood and possibility that the applicant will use the moveable items mentioned above in drug mafia and other related business transactions if the applications for releasing moveable items mentioned above are approved.”

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However, the court has now decided to return the devices citing that the data on these devices has “already been saved in digital form or soft copies and can be accessed at any time for the purposes of the investigation and trial.”

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