The Drug scandal of Bengaluru is taking many twists and turns. After the arrest of actor Ragini Dwivedi in connection with the drug case, the police registered an FIR against 12 people. Among them is real estate developer Aditya Alva, son of late Janata Dal minister Jeevaraj Alva and brother-in-law of Bollywood actor, Vivek Oberoi. Reports in the Central Crime Branch say that the entire case came to light after they received a tip-off in August this year that the 204 kg of marijuana, which was to arrive in Bengaluru from Andhra Pradesh, belonged to an associate of a politician in Karnataka.
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“The person who tipped us also said that the politician wanted to expose the drug abuse in the film industry. We are still investigating the connection,” a senior CCB source was quoted saying. While the CCB was trying to solve the drug case, the Narcotics Control Bureau in late August, arrested Anikha D and seized MDMA pills from her residence. NCB had allegedly found Ragini Dwivedi’s name on her list of contacts in the mobile phone, which was retrieved from Anikha.
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The case involved three parties -- Shivaprakash, Ragini Dwivedi and Ravi Shankar. Sources with the CCB said that Shivaprakash and Ragini attended private parties organized at various farmhouses in the outskirts of Bengaluru. These parties were private and only those with invitations were allowed to attend. CCB sources said that Ravi Shankar allegedly introduced Ragini to Viren Khanna, the wealthy party planner, two years ago.