Sandalwood drug case: Actresses Ragini, Sanjjana taken for medical test

As part of the investigation process into the Sandalwood drug racket, actresses Sanjjanaa Galrani and Ragini Dwivedi were taken for their medical test. Meanwhile, the police also arrested alleged drug peddler Prashanth Ranka in connection with the case.

Bengaluru (Karnataka):Actresses Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjanaa Galrani, who were arrested by the Bengaluru Police for their alleged connection with the high-profile drugs racket allegedly involving Sandalwood stars, were on Thursday taken for their medical check-up.

During the medical test, Galrani reportedly had an argument with the doctors, following which the police warned her to cooperate.

After the medical test, both the actresses were reportedly taken to the FSL office for inquiry.

Meanwhile, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Bengaluru Police arrested another accused Prashanth Ranka in connection with the high-profile drugs racket allegedly involving Sandalwood stars and others.

Alleged drug peddler Prashanth Ranka has also been arrested

According to police sources, the accused Ranka, listed as A4 (accused number 4) used to supply drugs to businessmen, actors, and other VIPs. He worked as a drug peddler, and played a major role in supplying drugs with high-profile party planner Viren Khanna and another accused Ravishankar.

Ranka used to supply drugs for big parties by importing them from foreign countries through alleged drug peddler Loum Pepper.

Meanwhile, Ranka's inquiry is ongoing in Bengaluru. It is suspected that more persons might have been involved in the drug trade.

The CCB intensified its investigation into a drugs haul in Bengaluru after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested three persons from the city, who were allegedly supplying drugs to singers and actors in the Kannada film industry, also known as "Sandalwood".

Read:Kannada actor Sanjjanaa Galrani held in Sandalwood drug scandal

Subsequently, the Bengaluru City Crime Branch (CCB) arrested Kannada actresses Sanjjanaa Galrani and Ragini Dwivedi.

Other than the high-profile arrests, police has also arrested high-profile party planner Viren Khanna, alleged drug peddlers Loum Pepper Samba, Rahul Tonse, and Niyaz Ahmed in the case.

(With inputs from agencies)