Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal today presented himself before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the second time in a little over a month, in connection with a drug-related case. The agency is probing a film industry-drug cartel nexus, particularly in the wake of the death by suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput a few months ago.

Arjun was earlier questioned by the agency on November 13 for around seven hours after it obtained some information during interrogation of some persons arrested in a drug case.

In November, NCB searched his Mumbai residence and seized electronic gadgets and some medicines banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. His partner Gabriella Demtriades was questioned for two days, while her brother, Agisilaos Demetriades, and Rampal's friend Paul Bartel were arrested in connection with the case.

The NCB began probing drug cartels' links with the film industry following the revelations from several WhatsApp chats in the wake of Sushant's death in June this year. The agency arrested Sushant's girlfriend, along with others. She was, however, later released on bail.

Arjun Rampal and Gabriella's name had come up in the course of the NCB investigation after Gabriella's brother, Agisialos, was arrested by the agency in another drug case. The NCB had seized a small quantity of Hashish and Alprazolam tablets, both banned narcotic drugs, from him. Agisialos was in touch with Omega Godwin, a Nigerian national arrested for the supply of cocaine in Mumbai. Agisialos was arrested after he was named by Omega Godwin in front of NCB officials.