Police names former Bollywood actress Mamta Kulkarni as accused in drug racket case

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Police names former Bollywood actor Mamta Kulkarni as accused in drug racket case

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We will send a request to Interpol for red corner notice against Mamta Kulkarni through CBI, said Paramveer Singh from Thane Police.

Former Bollywood actress Mamta Kulkarni has now been named an accused in drug racket case by Thane police. The police also said that some people from Bollywood are being investigated for their connections with Mamata Kulkarni and Vicky Goswami.

Police had called her husband Vicky Goswami as the kingpin of international drug cartel.

"According to the new evidences, Mamta Kulkarni (former actor) is now also an accused. We will send a request to Interpol for red corner notice against Mamta Kulkarni through CBI. We are verifying her bank accounts and investments. Her husband Vicky Goswami is already an accused," said Paramveer Singh from Thane Police.

Thane police had seized a total of 18.5 tonne of Ephedrine and 2.5 tonne of acetic anhydride in the last week of April.

During the investigation, it was found that Vicky Goswami was the alleged kingpin of the racket. Goswami is currently out on bail in a case where he was arrested by Kenyan police officials. He will soon be extradited from Kenya.

Goswami alleged that the US was pressurising India to extradite him and since he is afraid that America's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) may kidnap him, he will not come back to India. Goswami also claimed that Kulkarni was just a well wisher and not his wife.

The drug trail

It all began with the arrest of Sipren Chinassa, a Nigerian national, with 500g of ephedrine who led the cops to the manufacturing unit at Solpaur. Chinassa led the cops to Sagar Powale and Mayur Sukhdare, who were arrested in Thane for allegedly possessing around 2kg of ephedrine. This was followed by the arrest of Dhaneshwar Swamy with 5.50kg of ephedrine powder. After this Dnyaneshwar Dhimri, production manager from Solapur unit, was also arrested.

On further grilling, the investigation led to persons related to the company — Manoj Jain, Punit Shringi and Pradeep Singh Gill. "Members and directors of the company were directly connected to the Kenyan drug mafia king Vicky Goswami. Earlier, too, they had not disclosed the amount of drug that was being manufactured at the company," said a crime branch police officer.

He added: "The accused were planning to arrange a unit at Mombasa in Kenya were they can turn ephedrine into methamphetamine which is costlier in the international market. The Gujarat and Maharashtra police are working on this drug cartel while we have found that 4-5 persons are still absconding. We will arrest them soon."

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BRIEFCASE

1.Mamta Kulkarni is now an accused in the drug racket.

2.She is likely to face a Red Corner Notice.

3.Mamta, her husband Vicky Goswami were the masterminds.

4.100 kilograms of Ephedrine were sent to Africa.

In a major breakthrough, Thane Police today named former Bollywood actor Mamta Kulkarni as an accused in India's biggest ever drug racket which was busted two months ago.

Mamta is likely to face a Red Corner Notice by the Interpol. 10 people have been arrested till now.

Earlier, police had also named Mamta's husband Vicky Goswami as an accused in the case.

Revealing further information, police said that details of the case were shared by American Drug Enforcement officials. Abdullah reportedly tried to set up a factory in Mombasa in Kenya.

Singh said that 100 kilograms of Ephedrine were received in Mumbai by Vicky's agent, who handed it over to Vicky.

Police also said that Avaon Life Science is the name of the drug company and is operating in Solapur. 

BOLLYWOOD UNDER SCANNER

Meanwhile, Thane Police is also probing the role of few people from Bollywood in the drug cartel scandal. Police is also on the lookout for Kishor Rathod from Gujarat. 

Mamta Kulkarni was back in the spotlight after a drug racket, busted by Thane Police, led to her husband who is an international drug lord wanted by the US for running a narcotics racket. Thane Police seized 20 tonnes of ephedrine in a record haul in April. Drugs worth Rs 2,000 crore were confiscated during the police raid.