Bengaluru: The Central Crime Branch probing drug abuse in the Kannada film industry has arrested Sanjjanaa Galrani on Tuesday.
The development comes in the wake of city police arresting actor Ragini Dwivedi for supplying drugs to people at high-end parties in the city.
After obtaining a warrant from a court, a search is being conducted at actor Galrani's house in Bengaluru by Central Crime Branch (CCB) for her alleged involvement in a drug case, informed Sandeep Patil, Joint CP crime on Tuesday.
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Two more accused have been arrested in this case, the police had said. Notably, Kannada filmmaker Indrajit Lankesh, a couple of weeks back, 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.
