Producer Firoz A Nadiadwala’s wife Shabana Saeed gets bail in Bollywood drugs case

By Vandana Srivastawa

on November 10, 2020 07:07:48 PM

Film producer Firoz Nadiadwala’s wife Shabana Saeed has been granted bail by a Mumbai court today. The personal bond for Shabana’s bail was set at Rs 15,000. Shabana was arrested after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raided their home and seized drugs worth around Rs 3.59 lakh. Shabana was sent to judicial custody for 14 days following her arrest on Sunday. She was presented before the 8^th metropolitan magistrate court today where her bail plea was accepted.

In an early morning search, the NCB had found nearly 10 gms of ‘ganja’ (marijuana) from their Versova flat on Sunday. The search of the producer’s wife’s residence was done after a drug peddler named Wahid Kadir Shaikh alias Sultan Mirza was arrested. Reportedly, Shaikh used to supply drugs to high-profile clients.

A Mumbai Court grants bail to film producer Firoz Nadiadwala's wife, Shabana Saeed on a personal bond of Rs 15,000. She was arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Mumbai, on November 8th in connection with a drug-related case.

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A leading daily quoted an official, “During interrogations Sultan revealed many names, including Firoz Nadiadwala’s wife Shabana. He has said that he has been regularly supplying her drugs for the past seven to eight months. On the basis of this information, we carried out a search of their residence and found 10 grams of ganja. She was served notice and after recording her statement under Section 67 of the NDPS Act, she placed under arrest.” Reportedly, Shabana has said that she procured the drugs for her own personal use.

Mumbai: Film producer Firoz Nadiadwala's wife and four drug peddlers who were arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau in a drug-related case yesterday, being taken for their medical examination

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has also summoned Firoz Nadiadwala pic.twitter.com/ooEZxbpgls

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Nadiadwala was not present at home when the raid was conducted. He was reportedly summoned by the NCB for interrogation on Monday as well. He revealed that he hasn’t been staying with his wife lately and clarified that he neither drinks, smoke or consume banned drugs.

Apart from Shabana, names of Arjun Rampal and is girlfriend Gabriella Demetriades have also come up recently in NCB’s on-going probe into the Bollywood drug case. Gabriella’s brother Agisilaos Demetriades was arrested recently.

(Source: ANI/TOI)