Hyderabad: Tollywood actor Navdeep Pallapolu has been interrogated by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with money laundering associated with a 2017 drug case on Monday. Sources said Navdeep's bank account and transactions will be examined by the ED.
Further, he will be interrogated on suspicious transactions and relationship with drug supplier Kelvin as well as about drug supply in parties at F club and those who attended it. Sources also said the F club manager will be interrogated on Monday.
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Till now, Puri Jagannath, Charmi, Rakulpreet Singh, Nandu, Rana and Ravi Teja were interrogated. Sources said it has been told that they did not know Kelvin. ED has been probing suspicious transactions done by the main accused Kelvin and Wahad. However, no evidence of fund transfer was found yet.
The ED had last month issued notices to 10 persons connected to Tollywood, and two others, including a private club manager as part of a money laundering probe linked to a case related to smuggling of 'Class A' narcotic substances, including LSD and MDMA.
Actors Mumaith Khan and Tanish were also summoned by the ED in connection with the drug racket which was busted with the arrest of drug peddlers in 2017. Rana and Rakul Preet did not figure in the list of Tollywood celebrities questioned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Telangana's prohibition and excise department in 2017.
However, Rakul Preet was questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau, Mumbai, last year in an alleged drugs nexus in Bollywood. The drugs racket was busted on July 2, 2017 when customs officials arrested Calvin Mascarenhas, a musician, and two others and seized drugs worth Rs30 lakh from their possession.
