MUMBAI: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday issued a notice to filmmaker Karan Johar after taking cognisance of a widely circulated video of a party attended by Bollywood celebrities at his residence in July last year where it was alleged that drugs were consumed.
The NCB has requisitioned Johar for the original source of the video to ensure its authenticity before progressing further on the inquiries, said a source. Based on the information gathered and its genuineness, action will be decided, the source added.
Johar has been asked to submit the same by Friday. "We have not asked him to appear before us," an NCB official said.
In September, Johar had issued a public statement saying that reports of drug consumption at his party were "slanderous" and "malicious". The NCB has been probing the prevalence of contraband in the celebrity circuit since actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death by suicide on June 14.