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Police has arrested Bollywood actress after her ex commits suicide.

Bollywood actress, Rhea Chakraborty has been arrested for reportedly buying drugs for her former boyfriend, actor Sushant Singh Rajput, whose suicide triggered a media disturbance in India.

She was arrested on Tuesday.

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34-year-old Rajput was found dead in June in his Mumbai apartment with police saying he committed suicide.

A star with many hit movies to his name, his suicide initially sparked a debate over mental health in the country’s movie industry.

But Rajput’s family debunked reports that he suffered from depression and accused 28-year-old Chakraborty, of stealing his money and harassing him; which Chakraborty had strongly denied the allegations.

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The police have kept in custody others in connection with the case including Chakraborty’s brother and a member of Rajput’s house staff.

India’s top anti-crime agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation, has been investigating Rajput’s death since last month. The Narcotics Control Bureau was looking into the star’s consumption of cannabis.

According to AFP, NCB Director Mutha Ashok Jain said “We will be opposing bail petitions for all suspects,” he told reporters.

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The actress has been remanded to judicial custody until September 22.

The investigation has grabbed headlines for months, with the media closely following the back-and-forth allegations between Rajput’s family and Chakraborty.

Some celebrities including actress Sonam Kapoor and director Anurag Kashyap accused TV channels of carrying out a “witch hunt” against Chakraborty.

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Born in the eastern state of Bihar, Rajput quit engineering studies to pursue a career in acting and dance.

He got his big break in 2013 with “Kai Po Che”, a film about cricket, love, and politics that won acclaim at the Berlin film festival.

He was also lauded for his portrayal of Indian cricket hero Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a hit 2016 biopic.

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In an interview with AFP in 2016, Rajput spoke of the emotional rollercoaster he experienced while shooting the movie, which portrayed the heartbreak suffered by Dhoni when the cricketer’s girlfriend died.

After we did the preparation, in my head I was him and everything that was happening was actually affecting me,” he said.

Rajput’s last film was a Hindi remake of the Hollywood romance which was released in July, “The Fault in Our Stars”, titled “Dil Bechara” (“Poor Heart”).

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