The Enforcement Di rectorate (ED) has summoned a Goa-based businessman in connection with its money laundering probe linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, officials said on Friday.
They said Gaurav Arya, who runs a hotel in the coastal state, has been asked to depose before the ED at its office in the Ballard Estate area of Mumbai on August 31.
The summons was stuck at his property in Goa as the agency was not able to get in touch with him, they said.
Arya is being called after the ED came across some mobile phone messages reportedly sent by actor and Rajput’s live-in partner Rhea Chakraborty to him in 2017 and they purportedly indicate discussion of certain banned narcotics, they said.
In some news channel interviews, Arya had said that he has never dealt in narcotics and his last interaction with Rhea was about three years ago. (PTI)
