Actor Arjun Rampal urged member of media organisations to stop linking his name to the arrest of his partner Gabriella Demetriades’ brother Agisilaos by the Narcotics Control Bureau.
Demetriades was arrested after the NCB conducted a raid aimed at drug peddlers in Goa on Friday. He will remain in judicial custody for two weeks. Rampal in an official statement on Saturday said that he was shocked and taken aback by the arrest.
“I request the media to not make headlines using my name as we are NOT related and this is causing hurt and confusion for my own family and the people I have a professional relationship with. It is unfortunate that my name is being unnecessarily dragged in every publication though I have no association whatsoever,” he said.
He added, “As far as my family and I are concerned, my direct family and I are law-abiding citizens. And while the incident involves a person who is a relative of my partner, I have no other connection or relationship other than that with this person.”
Zonal director Sameer Wankhede said that this was the third case that the agency was pursuing against Demetriades. He was earlier named in a cocaine-related case, and was questioned in relation to the death by suicide case of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
The NCB had arrested Demetriades in October 2020. He was one of the 31 people named in the charge sheet.
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A few weeks later, on November 9, the NCB had raided Rampal’s residence and recovered some medication. Consequently, the electronic devices of Rampal and his partner were confiscated in relation to the drug probe.
“I have faith in our legal system and whoever is on the wrong side of the law, should be treated as the judiciary deems fit. My trust is in the system in these matters,” Rampal said.