Rakul Preet Singh appears before ED in drugs case

The 30-year-old Tollywood actor was summoned by the ED in connection with a money laundering case involving a high-end drug racket that was busted in the city in 2017

After noted filmmaker, Puri Jagannadh and his business partner, actor-turned-producer Charmme Kaur, noted actor Rakul Preet Singh appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Hyderabad, on Friday morning. The 30-year-old Tollywood actor, who made her debut in Bollywood, was summoned by the ED in connection with a money laundering case involving a high-end drug racket that was busted in the city in 2017. She is likely to be grilled by the investigators till evening. Ms. Singh reportedly made a special request to the central agency and appeared three days before her scheduled summons due to her busy shooting schedule. While she was asked to come at 10.30 a.m., the actor reached the office an hour before, to avoid ‘media chaos’, but was later surprised to see the media personnel waiting for her at the ED office.