A Mumbai court today remanded Kshitij Ravi Prasad, who was earlier hired as an executive producer by a firm of filmmaker Karan Johar, in the NCB's custody till October 3 following his arrest in a drugs case linked to Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.<br />''<br />''Prasad was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday after questioning. He was produced before a magistrate court in Mumbai via video conferencing which remanded him in the probe agency's custody till October 3 for further investigation.<br />''<br />''The probe agency told the court today that Prasad in his statement said he had procured drugs from another accused Karamjeet Singh Anand and his associates.<br />''<br />''The probe agency further said the investigation into the case revealed that the accused is a part of conspiracy for drug procurement with other accused persons. He is connected with other accused linked to Rajput's death case.<br />''<br />''The NCB said, the investigation into this case is in the preliminary stage as revelations made by Prasad are to be verified.<br />''<br />''It also said, Prasad is indirectly connected with accused Anuj Keshwani, from whom commercial quantity of a contraband was seized.<br />''<br />''Prasad's name cropped up during the NCB's wider probe into the alleged Bollywod-drugs nexus.<br />''<br />''On Friday, the NCB also questioned Anubhav Chopra, who earlier worked with Dharma Productions, in connection with the alleged drug-nexus in the Hindi film industry.<br />''<br />''However, according to Dharma Productions owner Karan Johar, he doesn't know any of them personally.<br />''<br />''Johar in a statement on Friday said, Prasad had joined Dharmatic Entertainment, sister concern of Dharma Productions, in November 2019 as one of the executive producers on a contract basis for a project, which eventually did not materialise.<br />''<br />''The filmmaker said, Chopra was briefly associated with his banner as an assistant director and worked only on two projects.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The NCB on Saturday recorded statements of actors Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan in the drugs probe linked to Rajput's death and an alleged Bollywood-drugs nexus.</span><br />