Actor Rakul Preet Singh goes to Delhi High Court for Media Allegations in drug case.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the I&B ministry, Prasar Bharati, News Broadcasters Association (NBA) and Press Council of India (PCI) after actor Rakul Preet Singh moved court alleging ‘media trial’ over reports she was named by fellow actor Rhea Chakraborty as among those within Bollywood who consume drugs.

The court is action came after the actor filed a plea submitting media reports were being run in contravention with the I&B ministry’s guidelines.

Rhea Chakraborty is currently being probed by several central agencies, including the CBI, ED, and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for her alleged role in the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June.Post Rhea’s arrest by the NCB, reports had emerged that during interrogation, she had named actors Rakul Preet Singh, Sara Ali Khan, and fashion designer Simone Khambatta, among others, as drug consumers.

Reports further claimed that the anti-drugs agency had prepared a list of 25 names from the industry who would be summoned for questioning.However, later, NCB deputy director KPS Malhotra clarified no Bollywood names have been listed to be summoned.