Indian star Akshay Kumar acknowledges Bollywood's drug 'problem'

The investigation into the 34-year-old's death has expanded into a massive drugs probe, with his former girlfriend, actress Rhea Chakraborty, arrested earlier this month for allegedly buying cannabis for him.

In an almost four-minute video posted on his Twitter account on Saturday, Kumar called on the industry's fervent fans not to tar everyone in Bollywood with the same brush."With a hand on my heart, how can I lie and say that this problem doesn't exist in our industry," Kumar, 53, said in Hindi in a video watched more than 2.5 million times.

Several high-profile actresses including 34-year-old superstar Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh have been hauled in for questioning.Wider national interest in the Bollywood case peaked last month after TV channel TimesNow broadcast sections of WhatsApp conversation about procuring hash, alleging that the two people chatting were Padukone and her manager.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

Not only drugs, drinking as well!!

So what if you acknowledge it Disgraceful and a bad role model!

He is also the problem

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