The Sandalwood drug case is taking many twists and turns. The cops in Bengaluru on Friday subjected those imprisoned in connection with the drug case, including Kannada film actors, to undergo a hair follicle test to check whether they had consumed narcotic substances. Sources close to the Central Crime Branch stated that the toxicology report from the blood and urine samples did not show the presence of drugs, which is why hair follicle samples were taken as the drugs stay in a person’s hair for 90 days.

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Besides gathering other evidence, the police this time resorted to the hair test to strengthen the case in which actors, rave party organizers, realtors and African drug peddlers have been arrested since August after the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) first discovered a racket. Later, the Central Crime Branch police started its own crackdown into drug abuse and has arrested at least 15 people so far. "This is the first time that a hair sample test is being done to get additional evidence though we already have evidence in the form of technical data, eyewitnesses, mobile phone analysis, seizures," Bengaluru Joint Commissioner of Police Sandeep Patil said.

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The investigation was on the right track, he stated, adding the hair sample test was only to get additional evidence as the case would not stand only on hair evidence. The hair follicle drug test is conducted on a person who is suspected of drug abuse to confirm it, said a police officer. The Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act requires elaborate investigation backed by adequate evidence, without which the accused would be acquitted, and hence the police were extra cautious this time and wanted to strengthen the case of the prosecution, another officer said.

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