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The crackdown by the Police and Excise officials on the city’s drug mafia, which began in early July, continued on Monday with the arrest of 10 more persons, including the manager of actor Kajal Aggarwal, in separate cases and with marijuana, brown sugar and cocaine being seized.

The arrest of Kajal’s manager, Puttkar Ronson Joseph, by the State Task Force (STF) of the Excise Department, came even as actor Navdeep was being questioned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) at the excise office in Nampally. STF personnel raided Joseph’s residence at Manikonda and seized four grams of marijuana. Efforts were on to find out whether he was into selling drugs and from where he was procuring the same, officials said.

Navdeep’s questioning, which began at 10.30 am, was still on when reports last came in, with art director Chinna Dharma Rao scheduled to appear before the SIT on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, actor



Charmme Kaur, who was served a notice by the SIT to appear before it, moved the High Court on Monday, seeking directions for the presence of her lawyer and women police officers during questioning. She also said her blood, hair or nail samples should not be forcibly collected from her.

Excise Director (Enforcement) Akun Sabharwal later told the media that no coercive methods were being used to collect any samples and in an indirect reference to Kaur’s petition, said Supreme Court guidelines were being followed during questioning. Earlier, he said the department would seek legal remedy if anyone tried to defame officials and investigators in connection with the ongoing probe.

Excise Commissioner R V Chandravadan said a multipronged investigation was on, with all available leads taken into account. Nineteen persons were arrested, while 27 persons, including 17 suspects, were questioned.



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