Sandalwood Drug Abuse Case: Actor Sanjana Galrani‘s residence at Bengaluru was searched by Central Crime Branch (CCB), according to reports. After obtaining a warrant from a court, the raid was conducted yesterday.
This incident was following the arrest of popular Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi, with reference to the drug case. She was produced in court, and owing to the same, was sent into 5-day custody.
More details and latest developments post the raid at Sanjana's residence is awaited. Now, it has been reported that the actress has been taken into custody for further investigation.
Incidentally, it was popular filmmaker and Late Gauri Lankesh's brother Indrajit Lankesh who made startling revelations about actors involved in these. He had appeared before the CCB and revealed information about the use of drugs in the Kannada film industry.
For the unversed, the Sandalwood drug racket was busted in Karnataka on August 21 and many drug peddlers were arrested. A diary was also obtained in which the names of at least 15 film celebrities were mentioned. This led to the arrest of Ravi, Ragini’s friend, after which the CCB found out the actor’s connection in the drug case.