Sandalwood drug bust: Actors Ragini Dwivedi & Sanjjanaa Galrani denied bail by NDPS court

In a massive development in Sandalwood drug bust, an NDPS special court denied bail to Kanna Actresses - Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjanaa Galrani on Monday. As of w, both actors will continue to remain in judicial custody. drug bust which has seen several high profile arrests include Dwivedi, Galrani party planner Viren Khanna and jeweller Vaibhav Jain - all of whom are allegedly t co-operating with Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) probe.

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Ragini Dwivedi & Sanjjanaa Galrani bail denied

Apart from se actors, Kanna TV anchor Anushree too summoned after her links with w-arrested choreographer Kishore Shetty came to light. Shetty was arrested on September 19 along with his aide Aqeel Nausheek for alleged drug consumption and peddling. Meanwhile, CCB is still hunting for Kanna actor itya Alva along with Shivaprakash Chuppi, and Sheik Faazil - all prime accused in case. Raids were done on Alva's house- who has been absconding since September 4.

Or people interrogated in case include - Actor Diganth Manchale, Andrita Ray, Former Ranji cricketer NC Aiyappa. arrests include - Kanna actors Ravishankar, Rahul, Niyaz, and Loum Pepper Samba apart from Dwivedi, Galrani, Khanna and Jain and drug peddlers - Azam Pasha, Masthan Vali, Mohammed Abbas, Mohammed Aop, Anikha D and R Ravindran. CCB seized 90 kg marijuana - worth Rs 50 lakh were seized by CCB, as per reports. Prior to se arrests, an African national identified as Benald Udenna, who allegedly supplied drugs to rave parties in Bengaluru was also arrested.

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Political link to drug nexus

political angle to drug racket came to light when CPI(M) state secretary's son - Kanna actor Bineesh Kodiyeri was named by one of arrested accused - a drug peddler - Mohammed Aop. Similarly, sources reported that actress Sanjjana Galrani and Congress MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan has allegedly attended an event in Colombo and visited a casi - while he was in JD (S). Khan claimed that when he was in JD(S), HD Revanna and 26 or MLAs h allegedly visited Colombo's casis in 2014 where y were allegedly seen at a gambling event with Galrani and Vivek Oberoi.

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What is Sandalwood drug racket?

drug racket prevalent in Kanna film industry - 'Sandalwood' came to light when deceased journalist Gauri Lankesh's bror - Indrajit Lankesh revealed involvement of certain actors in drug menace. Police sources claim that drugs being supplied through ‘dark net’ was detected while raiding places belonging to a few drug peddlers. NCB conducted raids in city and seized drugs like  LSD, MDM, ecstasy, cannabis worth Rs 1.25 crores which were being supplied to local youths.

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