Executive producer Kshitij Ravi Prasad has been placed in pre-trial detention for seven days in the custody of the Narcotics Control Office until October 3 by a magistrate in Mumbai on Sunday afternoon. Prasad was arrested by the bureau on Saturday for allegedly receiving contraband from suspected street vendors who had supplied charas to actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik.
NCB had sought custody of Prasad for nine days until October 5, but the court awarded the agency custody until October 3. NCB told the court it recovered “a joint believed to be smoked ganja remnants from Prasad’s home during the search on Friday.
The agency in its request for remand in court claimed that Prasad’s role was revealed during the questioning of Sanket Patel, allegedly one of the drug traffickers. Patel had allegedly claimed to have delivered Ganja (Weed) to Prasad at his residence in Andheri on Karamjeet Singh’s instructions. Singh is alleged to be a drug dealer with a local network serving the Bollywood fraternity.
The agency further stated that Patel had confessed to delivering Ganja around 12 times to Prasad from May 2020 to July 2020. In addition, Prasad paid Rs 3,500 for each delivery of 50 grams of Ganja, ”the NCB application reads that He requested custody of Prasad.
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The agency further submitted to the magistrate that Prasad had admitted taking Ganja from the arrested alleged drug trafficker Ankush Arneja and Singh through his partner Patel. It should be noted that Patel had claimed that he used to supply contraband to Arneja on Singh’s instructions.
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“From the above, it is clear that Prasad bought Hashish / Ganja from Arneja, and furthermore Arneja used to buy drugs from defendant Anuj Keshwani. Therefore, Prasad is part of the conspiracy to purchase drugs with Arneja and his co-defendants. Prasad was linked to Keshwani and Keshwani was linked to Kaizan Ibrahim, who was also linked to the defendant Dipesh Sawant and Sawant was linked to Showik, Rhea, Rajput ”, reads the request for preventive detention.
In disclosing Ganja’s alleged distribution chain, the agency in its application has stated that, “Patel supplied Ganja / Weed to Arneja and said contraband was purchased by him from defendant Singh. Following defendant Singh’s instructions, defendant Patel purchased Charas / Weed and delivered it to Prasad. Samuel Miranda (former head of the Rajput house) and Prasad have received Ganja from Singh and his partner. “
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