Kannada actress Sanjjanaa Galrani was arrested earlier this week.
Bangalore:
Canarian actress Sanjjanaa Galrani, who was arrested earlier this week after Bengaluru police expanded their investigation into the illegal drug market, said Thursday that she was being made a “scapegoat” in the case. In a video, filmed in a city hospital, she was seen having a heated discussion with officials when they asked her to undergo a doping test, as she insisted that it is her “fundamental right to say no.”
“I have done nothing wrong. I am losing my faith in the police. First they told reporters that they would protect me, now they ask me to take this test. How can I trust them?” said the Kannada actress.
“My lawyer has told me that I can choose not to submit to a test … it is my fundamental right to say no. You made me a scapegoat and brought me here … I have no role in this case. There is no evidence against me and I have done nothing wrong, “she is heard saying on the video as others in the room record the discussion on her phone’s camera.
The actress, who made her film debut in a Tamil movie. ‘Oru Kadhal Seiveer’ In 2006, he later agreed to take the drug test.
The Central Crime Division had stepped up its investigation into the Bengaluru drug scandal after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested three people from the city, who allegedly supplied drugs to singers and actors in the film industry of Bengaluru. Kannada. So far a total of nine people have been arrested.
Sanjjanaa Galrani has been under the radar of the criminal branch since her friend Rahul, a real estate agent, was charged in connection with the drug case, authorities said. The searches were carried out at Ms. Galrani’s Indiranagar home in Bengaluru on Tuesday morning; she was arrested hours later.
“There are many verticals. Drug use and abuse are without distinctions. All sectors of society have been involved in this. As a government, it is our responsibility to ensure that this threat is contained. Under the leadership of the Chief Minister, we are trying to The best thing is to break all kinds of vertical supply chains, sources and users, “Karnataka Chief Deputy Minister Ashwath Narayan said earlier this week.
Last week, Kannada actor Ragini Dwivedi was arrested, hours after his home was searched. His bond hearing was postponed today for next week.
The CCB has also subpoenaed businessman Prashanth Sambargi in the case.
A couple of weeks ago, Kannada filmmaker Indrajit Lankesh, brother of the late activist journalist Gauri Lankesh, appeared before the criminal branch and shared information about the alleged use of drugs in the Kannada film industry.
“I am grateful that Kamal Pant (Bengaluru Police Chief) took this initiative. I will tell you any information I have and help you. I want this investigation to go well with our support so that our industry receives justice. It is really good. welcome. I want the industry to get justice and clean up, “Lankesh had said.
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