Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is being questioned by the Narcotics Board of India in connection with the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Padukone is among the six people to be called - two other actresses are also being questioned on Saturday.
Rajput's girlfriend, Riya Chakraborty
, was arrested earlier this month on charges of buying drugs for him - which he has denied.
The case has sparked months of media coverage and speculation in India.
Those being questioned on Saturday include actress Sara Ali Khan
and Shraddha Kapoor. On Friday
Rajput (34) was found dead on June 14 in his flat in Mumbai. Police said he died at the time.
But his family later lodged a police complaint against Chakraborty, alleging suicide and lack of other offenses, all of which he denied.
The case is being investigated by three federal agencies.
Investigators have fed the media leaks of information, rumors and speculation on what happened and who is responsible.
What is the case?
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) appears to be conducting two investigations - first Riya Chakraborty, her brother and a former Rajput house manager.
The trio were arrested for organizing and financing the alleged use of actor Kangana. They have denied any wrongdoing.
The second media investigation, which later began, claims widespread use of drugs in Bollywood, according to local media.
Officers are surviving with the details of the investigation, which has only added an air of mystery.
In the days of the Rajput's death, attention was drawn to Chakravarti, who made himself the center of a storm of accusations and conspiracy theories.
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As part of their investigation, NCB officials said they were looking for WhatsApp chat messages in which Chakravarti is believed to be discussing drugs.
Marijuana is illegal in India, one of its derivatives - called cannabis - is legal and commonly used.
According to local media reports, narcotics officials say their inquiries are based on WhatsApp chats involving Padukone and his managers. But it is not yet clear what is in this message.
Some say he is being targeted because he visited a university in January where a group of students was allegedly attacked on campus by a mob of rival students affiliated with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). BJP supporters accused the actress of promoting obsessive mine for her new film and on Twitter, they asked people to boycott her.
According to the Times of India, officials claim that some drug dealers interrogated her and they named some other actresses.
Social media users also ask why only actresses - and actors - have not been called in for questioning.
But a case that began with an investigation into the actor's death has turned into something completely different in the weeks that followed.
And now with a string of Bollywood insiders to suddenly focus on, considering the national headlines and social media feeds in the country, the media circus surrounding this case has only grown.
Has there been a reaction?
Due to the aggressive approach of television channels, many people show the absurdity of their coverage.
For months, the media has not spared any of the people around the Rajput - his physicians, friends, family, colleagues and his previous cooks have all been found to be interviewed and excluded.
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And with the lack of official information, news channels have spent hours dissecting a few less, mostly random, details being leaked.
In an attempt to show that Chakravarti was involved in Rajput's economic affairs, a television channel tried to interpret the alleged messages from his phone.
Anchor pointed to a similar message, saying "Imma bounces", and concluded that this means a bounced check - to entertain social media users who quickly pointed out that this "I'm going on holiday" for a thousand years. Is rude. ".
While unnecessary media attention promotes laugh online memes and memes, there has also been a lot of criticism.
Many have questioned whether all the hours spent on this have distracted people from other pressing issues - India is struggling at the moment - a Covid-19 case, the world's second-largest, an economy that has shrunk rapidly and rapidly. Relationships are deteriorating. China
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