Rakul Preet Singh is one of the popular faces in Bollywood. The actor has landed in trouble as she has been once again summoned by the Enforcement Directorate. The investigating agency is probing an alleged money laundering matter connected to Tollywood drug case
Earlier Rakul Preet Singh was questioned by the investigating agency on September 3, 2021. The ED has been probing this drug trafficking and consumption case since the past four years and several Telugu actors have been questioned in the matter. This drugs case reportedly hit headlines in July 2017, when customs officials seized drugs worth Rs 30 lakh from musician Calvin Mascarenhas and two others.
A source said, "The actress has been asked to appear before the investigating agency on December 19. Rakul Preet was questioned by the ED on September 2, 2021. Several Telugu actors were also questioned in the matter,"
Various Tollywood celebrities like Ravi Teja, Charmee Kaur, Navdeep, Mumaith Khan, Tanish, Nandu, Tarun and Baahubali fame Rana Daggubati were previously summoned by the ED in order to investigate in the case. The present case was lodged by the ED on the basis of that matter after it found that money of that drug cartel was laundered via various channels.
ED official speaking about the case said, "Around 12 cases were booked by Telangana Excise and Prohibition department and 11 charge sheets were filled. Mostly drug traffickers around eight persons were charge sheeted in the cases then. Most of them are lower-level drug traffickers. We have called excise officials as witnesses. Likewise, till we get evidence Tollywood celebrities will be considered as witnesses. Their names have figured in the investigation.”
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