WhatsApp defends user privacy as NCB summons Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor in drug probe

If you have not been living under a rock you’ll know that the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has summoned actors Deepika Padukone and Shraddha Kapoor on the basis of WhatsApp chats dating back to 2017 which were accessed from talent agent Jaya Saha’s phone.

Saha was actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s talent manager and these investigations are a part of the ongoing drug probe that’s an offshoot of the case involving Rajput’s suicide and actor Rhea Chakraborty’s role in it.

Defending user privacy and the messaging platform’s protected messages, WhatsApp has maintained that its messages are protected and no third-party can access them. This statement from WhatsApp comes amidst speculations about how the NCB managed to get their hands on old WhatsApp messages.