Mumbai: Actor Ananya Panday was reportedly reprimanded by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede for her arriving late at the probe agency’s office on Friday.
Pandey was summoned by NCB for questioning in the ongoing cruise drugs case on Friday at 11 am but the actor could only reach the probe agency’s office after 2 pm along with her father Actor Chunky Panday. According to the sources in NCB, Wankhede told Ananya that probe agency’s office was not a “production house”.
“You were asked to come at 11.00 am and you are arriving now. Officers are not sitting here, waiting for just you….. This is not your production house, this is the office of a central agency. Come at the time you are called at,” sources quoted Wankhede as saying.
Panday left the NCB office on Friday evening after being questioned in the ongoing cruise drugs case.
Mumbai: Actor Ananya Panday leaves from NCB office after being questioning in the ongoing drugs case. pic.twitter.com/f63n2kTsKg
— ANI (@ANI) October 22, 2021
She was summoned by the probe agency on Thursday as well.
During the questioning on Thursday, the actor denied the allegations of supplying or consuming drugs.
As per the NCB sources, Ananya denied the allegation of supplying drugs to Aryan Khan, who is accused in the case, and said that she has never consumed drugs.
“The chats recovered from Aryan Khan’s mobile phone reveal that in the year 2018-19, she helped supply drugs to Aryan thrice by providing him the numbers of drug dealers,” NCB sources told ANI.
“Ananya denied the supply related talks in the chat conversation and told the NCB officials that she has never consumed or supplied drugs,” sources added.
She has been called again on Monday morning, questioning will be done. Further procedure will take place: Ashok Mutha Jain, NCB DDG
“I’ve no such info as of now,” says Ashok Mutha Jain when asked if the actor gave any info regarding numbers of drug peddlers sent by Aryan Khan. pic.twitter.com/GU1wZV53Cr
— ANI (@ANI) October 22, 2021
Ananya Panday was summoned by the NCB in connection with the Mumbai cruise raid case as well on suspicion of drug consumption. The summon has been issued based on the chats recovered from Aryan Khan’s mobile.