While the rumours were initially denied, Deputy Director of NCB, KPS Malhotra has admitted that the aforementioned names did surface during the investigation.
Malhotra said, "There has been an issue that whether the names of Sara, Simone and Rakul surfaced during investigation. The answer to that is yes. The media had been asking question that whether NCB has prepared a list of 25 Bollywood personalities. The answer to that is No."
Talking about the list, NCB deputy director KPS Malhotra had earlier said, "We have not prepared any Bollywood list. The list earlier prepared was of peddlers and traffickers. It’s getting confused with Bollywood."
Navika: All those who abused us saying that my story on Friday was wrong & I & put out #FakeNews should apologise for defaming channel @TimesNow falsely Today @narcoticsbureau at 10.28 hrs confirmed that names of Sara, Rakul Preet & Simone have come up in investigations.
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