Nampally Court To Hear Hyderabad Pub Drug Case On April 11

On the 8th of April, Friday, the Banjara Hills Police submitted a petition in the Nampally Court seeking 7 days of custody of Pudding and Mink pub owner and manager, in a recent drug racket bust.

While the Banjara Hills Police filed judicial custody petitions, the accused filed bail petitions in the Nampally Court. The court has postponed the hearing to the 11th of April. The petitions were filed to speed up the investigation of the drug case, in which approximately 5 people including managers of the pub were arrested.

Besides all arrested, the Hyderabad police named Mr. Kiran Raj, the son-in-law of the former Member of Parliament (MP) Ms. Renuka Chowdhury in the drug case. The police are investigating on supply of drugs to the pub and from where it is being supplied and how many months or years, the people involved are supplying drugs in the pub. In the recent drug racket busting case, on the 3rd of April, the Hyderabad Police busted a drug racket during raids at Pudding and Mink pub in Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Hyderabad. During the raid, the police seized 120 kg of marijuana, two liters of hashish oil, and a car, altogether worth Rs.35 lakh from the gang, which was smuggling the drug from the Araku Agency area to Hyderabad.

According to the source, the police apprehended Anil and Abhishek in the case and two other accused Arjun Veeramachineni and Kiran Raj are currently absconding. In addition, special teams have been deployed in the search of the absconding accused.

Furthermore, a case has also been registered against the pub manager and management, which allows the person who registered themselves in a special app and supplies drugs to the person after verifying the OTP.

Meanwhile, 7 days of judicial custody of the accused have been sought to continue a detailed investigation of the drug racket bust.