In a major development in the case concering the Rs 2,000-crore narcotics racket unearthed in Thane in April, the police on Saturday named former Bollywood actor Mamta Kulkarni as an accused. Kulkarni is now suspected to be in Kenya along with her partner, alleged drug lord Vicky Goswami, who too has been named as an accused in the case and is now out on bail in Kenya.
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A request for Red Corner Notice against Ms. Kulkarni and Mr. Goswami will soon be sent to Interpol through the CBI, revealed Thane Police.
According to The Indian Express, the Thane police has so far arrested 10 people in connection with the case in which ephedrine for medicines was allegedly being diverted from the Solapur unit of Avon Lifesciences Ltd and used for making narcotics.
A total of 18.5 tonne of Ephedrine and 2.5 tonne of acetic anhydride has been seized by the Thane police in April and Goswami has been named as the prime accused here.
Mamta’s bank accounts and investments will also be verified. Goswami is now out on bail in a case where he was arrested by Kenyan police officials.
The Thane police has booked the Bollywood actor along with her husband and an global associate of his, Dr Abdulla. The Gujarat and Maharashtra police are working on this drug cartel while we have found that 4-5 persons are still absconding.
Goswami alleged that the USA 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. “Members and directors of the company were directly connected to the Kenyan drug mafia king Vicky Goswami”.
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Goswami, 52, was earlier imprisoned for 25 years in the United Arab Emirates in 1997 for trafficking around 11.50 tonnes of Mandrax but was released in November 2012 on grounds of good conduct. It’s learnt that Abdullah is in the process of setting up a factory in Mombasa in Kenya.
