Voices on Twitter Question Rhea Chakraborty’s Arrest in SSR Case

Prominent voices on Twitter question Rhea Chakraborty’s arrest by the NCB in the Sushant Singh Rajput case.

On 8 September, Rhea Chakraborty was taken into custody by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the agency probing drugs angle in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. While the probe is still on, the continuous media trial and unverified reports doing the rounds vilifying Rhea Chakraborty is also being criticised. Since the day Sushant's father and sisters filed an FIR charging Chakraborty with abetment of suicide for Sushant’s death, most mainstream news channels have been targeting the actor on several grounds without a proper investigation or trial having been completed.

Here’s why several prominent voices on social media think Rhea's arrest is not a victory for those who are demanding justice for Sushant Singh Rajput.

What Was the Case Against Rhea All About?

So this isn’t his case he says.
So she was neither a gold digger, nor murderer but she consumed/transferred drugs. Toh yeh case jiska bhi tha usko mubarak ho. Coz Sushant ko toh nahi but un logo ko pakka justice mil gaya hoga. Mubarak Ho 👏🏼 https://t.co/OBX5KYZ0ya

— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) September 8, 2020

To New SSR Fans...With Love!

Congratulations to all the newly born Sushant Singh Rajput fans, who never cared for him while he was alive - Due to your relentless campaign, now it seems he used his Girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty to procure drugs for him. That’s what NCB says in their Chargesheet. pic.twitter.com/sjcZHv2Mka

— Joy (@Joydas) September 8, 2020

So, What Was She Arrested For?

The verdict had been decided. They were just not able to arrest her on the charges they had dreamt of- murder, abetment, siphoning off funds. So they arrested her for allegedly smoking pot. If not that they would have arrested her for wearing a t-shirt that said smash patriarchy.

— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) September 8, 2020

Let's Think About This Again? 

They just wanted to arrest Rhea and her brother on something so bogus drug charges? 75% of this country would be in jail if it boiled down to marijuana. Probably even the people arresting her.

— s 🍒 (@leftists1ut) September 8, 2020

Can Someone Please Make A WhatsApp Forward of This?

Damn, the amount of celebration about Rhea's arrest. Do people realise that it's NOT on charges of murder and money laundering?

Rhea's been arrested on something that most of Bombay would be in jail for. Smoking weed.

— Andre Borges (@borges) September 8, 2020

This Isn't Just 'One' Journalist...

Whoever is a hardcore #SSR fan, must remember, consuming drugs with her bf isn't the charge, labelled by the family. It's murder & siphoning of funds, which are still being investigated. Being a bengali & a woman, I feel ashamed that this country has lost its tolerance for truth!

— Shantasree Sarkar (@sarkarshanta) September 8, 2020

Inconvenient and Uncomfortable...

So here is most inconvenient truth: if NCB case stands in court,then Sushant if he was alive would have been prime accused as a consumer, procurer and financier of drugs! So much for Justice for SSR: this is what the campaign has done: a fine actor’s legacy tied to drug abuse!🙏

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) September 8, 2020

When Everything Else Fails...

Started with a murder charge,then went to abetment of suicide, then to money laundering and when all these fell flat, finally ended up as arrest for smoking ganja? They had to arrest her to satisfy the bloodhounds. Absolutely disgraceful. #JusticeForRhea

— Sumanth Raman (@sumanthraman) September 8, 2020

SMH...

Oh good, we finally know why marijuana is still criminalised in a country with a cultural history of ganja, so the Union home ministry's agencies can arrest random girls who have been accused of murder, conspiracy and god knows what else by Chief Justice Goswami

— Mihir Sharma (@mihirssharma) September 8, 2020