Popular Telugu actor Ravi Teja appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here on Thursday as part of an ongoing money laundering probe in connection with busting a high-end drugs racket in the city in 2017. Ravi Teja is one of the more than 10 Tollywood (Telugu). Celebrities including film industry) actors and directors will be summoned by the ED.
So far renowned filmmaker Puri Jagannadh, actress Charmi Kaur and Rakul Preet Singh, actors Nandu and Rana Daggubati have appeared before the central agency. The ED also questioned a musician, Calvin Mascarenhas, who was involved in a three-member gang arrested on July 2, 2017 by Telangana’s Prohibition and Excise Department on charges of drug smuggling as part of a racket.
The racket involved the supply of high-end drugs such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA). Several cases related to drug trafficking were registered and more than 20 people were arrested, including a US citizen who was a former aerospace engineer and who held NASA, a Dutch national, a South African national, besides seven B.Tech degrees. Worked with holders. There are multinational companies here.
During the interrogation of those arrested in connection with the racket, the names of some Tollywood celebrities came to the fore. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Prohibition and Excise Department had also probed the alleged drug-links with Tollywood as part of its investigation, and then questioned 11 people associated with the Telugu film industry, including the actor. And besides the director, the driver was also involved. one of the actors.
Investigators suspected that the gang’s clients included film personalities, employees of multinational companies, school and college students. Rackets placed orders through the ‘darknet’ (a restricted online network often used in illegal activities) and the drugs were delivered by couriers, including abroad.
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