<p>Karishma Prakash, Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone's manager, did not appear before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) team which is probing a drugs case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death on Wednesday, an official said.</p>.<p>Prakash, who had been questioned by the NCB last month too, had been asked "to join the investigation" here on Wednesday.</p>.<p>"She did not appear," said a senior official who is part of the probe team.</p>.<p>On Tuesday, the NCB had raided Prakash's residence in suburban Versova and claimed to have seized 1.8 grams of hashish. But her lawyer denied that she stayed there.</p>.<p>The NCB had last month questioned several persons from the Hindi film industry including Deepika and fellow actors Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh.</p>.<p>The Central agency has so far arrested 23 persons in the drugs case linked to Rajput's death. His girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty was arrested and later got bail.</p>
<p>Karishma Prakash, Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone's manager, did not appear before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) team which is probing a drugs case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death on Wednesday, an official said.</p>.<p>Prakash, who had been questioned by the NCB last month too, had been asked "to join the investigation" here on Wednesday.</p>.<p>"She did not appear," said a senior official who is part of the probe team.</p>.<p>On Tuesday, the NCB had raided Prakash's residence in suburban Versova and claimed to have seized 1.8 grams of hashish. But her lawyer denied that she stayed there.</p>.<p>The NCB had last month questioned several persons from the Hindi film industry including Deepika and fellow actors Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh.</p>.<p>The Central agency has so far arrested 23 persons in the drugs case linked to Rajput's death. His girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty was arrested and later got bail.</p>