ED to question Ragini, Sanjjanaa and 3 others in Sandalwood Drug Case

ED officials will record the statements of Kannada actresses Ragini Dwivedi, Sanjjanaa Galrani, and 3 others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in Sandalwood Drug Case on Friday.

Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate will record the statements of Kannada actresses Ragini Dwivedi, Sanjjanaa Galrani, and 3 others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Friday.

The special court for NDPS cases on Thursday gave the central agency 5 days to record the statements of Ragini, Sanjjanaa, party organizer Viren Khanna, real estate businessman Rahul Thonse and suspended RTO clerk Ravi Shankar, who are all currently lodged in the Parappana Agrahara prison as undertrials in the drugs case.

In its application seeking permission to record the statement, the ED stated that it launched a probe after receiving information from the CCB which is investigating the five in the drugs case registered at the Cottonpet police station.

The ED stated that its preliminary investigation had detected a case of money laundering against the five suspects.