MUMBAI: A case has been filed against comedian Bharti Singh and screenwriter Haarsh Limbachiyaa in a two-year-old drug case. According to reports, the Narcotics Control Bureau has filed a 200-page chargesheet against the couple. The couple has been out on bail since their arrest in 2020 for their alleged involvement in the same drugs case. The NCB had seized cannabis from their house in Andheri, Mumbai in 2020. They had seized approximately 86.5 grams in the raid.
A media portal had quoted the NCB officials saying, “Both Bharti and her husband Haarsh Limbachiya accepted consumption of Ganja.” The search was conducted as part of a probe by the NCB into the alleged drug use in the entertainment industry, an NCB official had said.
The couple was granted bail after two days by the magistrate court on a bond of ₹15,000 each. They were booked under sections 20(b)(ii)(A) (involving small quantities of drugs) and 8(c) (possession of drugs) and 27 (consumption of drugs) of the NDPS Act.
The couple are now parents to six-month-old baby boy, Lakshya. They have nicknamed him Golla. Both Bharti and Haarsh have hosted several reality shows. Bharti is the current host of the singing reality show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs 2022. The couple were earlier hosts on another show, Hunarbaaz: Desh Ki Shaan. They had also launched the third season of their own comedy game show Khatra Khatra Khatra, earlier this year.
