Sandalwood drug case: FSL report confirms Ragini Dwivedi, Sanjana Galrani's did consume drugs

Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report confirmed that Kannada film actors Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjana Galrani had consumed drugs. The duo was earlier released on bail in connection with the sandalwood drug case.

Bengaluru:Kannada film actors Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjana Galrani have again hit the headlines after Forensic Science Laboratory(FSL) report confirmed that the duo had consumed drugs. The test report was handed over to the police.

Hair samples of the actresses were sent to FSL in Hyderabad by the Central Crime Branch police for examination in October 2020. The duo was earlier released on bail in what is now known as the sandalwood drug case.

ASupreme Court bench led by Justice RF Nariman on January 21 granted bail to Dwivedi. She was jailed in September 2020 over allegations of links with an international drug cartel. Ragini, 30, was arrested by CCB, Bengaluru, on September 4, last year, on the charges of her alleged association with an international drug peddling racket involved in supplying psychedelic drugs to customers at rave parties and other events.

Ragini was booked under provisions of the NDPS (Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act and Indian Penal Code (IPC) Acts, for her alleged involvement in the drugs case. Ragini had claimed that the prosecution had allegedly framed her in the false case to attract public attention.

The actors along with others have been charged under various sections of IPC including 120b (criminal conspiracy) and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of 1985 under sections 21, 21C, 27A, 27B, and section 29.