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Vivek Oberoi’s brother-in-law Aditya Alva’s residence raided by CCB under Sandalwood drug case

Aakanksha Pilay — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 09:09:21 +0000

Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru Police in Karnataka has taken total 13 people into the custody alleging their involvement in Sandalwood drug racket including actresses Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjana Galrani. As per the recent development in the matter, CCB has raided Aditya Alva’s residence named ‘House of Lives’ in connection with the same case. Aditya is son of Jeevaraj Alva who was former Chief Minister of Karnataka and also brother-in-law of actor Vivek Oberoi.

City court had sent Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi and a few accused to a 14-day judicial custody on 14th September whereas the police remand of actress Sanjjana Galrani was extended by three days as per a report by Zoom. According to CCB, Sanjjana’s friend Rahul Ranka and apparently a drug peddler Loum Pepper Samba were also taken into the custody in previous week. A few older reports also suggested that actress Sanjjana did not want to undergo dope test and created a ruckus in the hospital. CCB is investigating the matter thoroughly.

Sandalwood drugs case: Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi sent to 14 days judicial remand post arrest

Shreshtha Gupta — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:56:41 +0000

As per the latest updates, Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi who was under scanner in the Sandalwood drugs case. The actress was arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on 4 September’20. The latest news update suggests that Ragini Dwivedi was produced in court via video conference. The news report further added that the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s court in Bengaluru sent the actress to 14 days custody after her arrest. Furthermore, the Central Crime Branch has reportedly arrested seven people out of the 12 persons who were inculpated in the drugs case.

As per reports four other individuals who were also accused in the drugs nexus were also sent to judicial remand. The news reports also mention that Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi has appealed for medical treatment for her back pain which was eventually denied by the court. The actress Ragini Dwivedi has been in custody for around 11 days.

The news reports state that Ragini Dwivedi previously meddled with her urine sample while undergoing the dope test. The actress mixed water with her urine sample so that the results come out inaccurate. The actress reportedly threw tantrums while the medical staff was trying to take her medical test. The actress was finally made to redo the test. The authorities also took a sample of Ragini Dwivedi’s hair follicles to determine if she had taken drugs recently.

Kannada Actress Ragini Dwivedi arrested in relation to drugs

Aditi Swarup — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:06:08 +0000

Three people have been arrested concerning a drug abuse investigation which has close relations to the Kannada Film Industry. The three people arrested so far are Rahul, Viren Khanna and K Ravishankar. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested three people who were allegedly supplied drugs to the Kannada Film Industry.

According to the police, Viren Khanna’s arrest is important because “He (Khanna) is the main person who organises big parties where drugs are consumed. He was in Delhi and two CCB police inspectors had gone to Delhi and arrested him.” Friday morning, Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi was arrested for drug possession.

Central Crime Branch searches Kannada actor Ragini Dwivedi's residence in Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/N3grXEeZUV

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The Central Crime Branch (CCB) sent a notice to the actress on the 2nd September. The actress immediately lawyered-up and asked for time till the 7th September but the police raided Ms Dwivedi’s residence today morning.