Actress Rakul Preet Singh who was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the interrogation in connection with the 2017 Tollywood Drug case arrived at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Hyderabad on Friday morning. The actress dressed in jeans and a shirt could be seen navigating her way amidst media and police.
While the actress asked to appear before the ED on September 6, Rakul requested to either prepone or defer her questioning, following which the ED asked her to appear on September 3. Rakul is among the 12 celebrities who were summoned to the agency as a witness. Rana Daggubati, Ravi Teja, Puri Jagannad, Navdeep are among the list.
Previously, actress Charmee Kaur and director Puri Jagannadh along with respective auditors were also questioned for almost 10 hours. The financial transactions in the duo’s accounts between 2015 and 2017 were cross-checked.
The drug racket was exposed in July 2017 and several cases related to drug trafficking were registered and over 20 people were arrested in Hyderabad.