HYDERABAD: Tollywood star Rakul Preet Singh, who has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on September 6 in the 2017 drug scandal, has sought more time to appear. While actress Charmee Kaur will be appearing on September 2 before the ED.
ED has already grilled Tollywood director Puri Jagannadh for close to 10 hours on August 31 at its office in Hyderabad.
“We are currently scanning the financial history of Puri Jagannadh,” said an ED source, adding that they haven’t found any solid evidence against him so far.
ED has summoned 12 Tollywood celebrities, including actors Rana Daggubati, Ravi Teja, Navdeep. The summons are lined up till September 22.
Statements of several drug traffickers named by excise special investigation team (SIT) chargesheets, including Calvin Mascarenhas, has become crucial in the ED probe against the Tollywood celebrities.
ED has booked a Prevention of Money Laundering Act case against the accused traffickers on the basis of excise SIT chargesheets under NDPS Act.
“We are going through financial history of all the people who are called for questioning,” said an ED official.
Call, text and WhatsApp records are also being examined again, officials said.
