A special court in Thane has dismissed the former Bollywood Actress Mamta Kulkarni has applied for freezing of her six bank accounts, three FDs and two flats in Mumbai in connection with the Rs 2,000-crore drugs case. Rajesh S Gupta, an additional sessions judge, who is also a judge of a special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) court, passed the order last week.
Kulkarni, through her lawyer, told the court that she had been falsely implicated in the 2016 case and was the sole breadwinner of her family. The former actress said that one of her sisters is suffering from mental illness and is undergoing treatment at a center in Panvel in Navi Mumbai for the past eight years. Since her bank accounts and FDs have been frozen, Kulkarni said, she is unable to meet her sister’s medical expenses and other financial needs.
Kulkarni, in his plea in the court, said that his sister was required to be kept in a clean environment and for this purpose her flats in Andheri, a suburb of Mumbai, were sealed and her possession was handed over to them. However, the Special Public Prosecutor pointed out that the accused has been charge-sheeted and since the multi-crore drugs case was registered on April 12, 2016, she was on the run and was residing in Kenya at that time.
The prosecution said that Kulkarni, named as the prime accused in the case, was allegedly an active member of a drug syndicate. She told the court that all efforts to bring the accused home had come to naught and subsequently a process was initiated under section 82 (pertaining to proclamation to a fugitive person) of CrPC to demand his presence.
“Accordingly, the accused never appeared before the investigating agency or the court, despite proclamations issued under Section 83 (attachment of property of absconding person) of CrPC and all notices issued by the court declared to be in accordance with law,” the prosecution said. he said. Therefore, the bank accounts and flats owned by the accused were sealed and sealed for his presence,” it said.
The prosecution said that if the application is allowed, the accused would never appear before the law enforcement agencies. The judge dismissed Kulkarni’s plea after hearing both the sides.
Judge Gupta in his order said, ..the accused has neither appeared in the court nor before the investigating agency, therefore, in the said facts and circumstances, I am required to defreeze the bank accounts and de-seal the flats. No substance found for as a prayer. “It is clarified that the observations made herein are for the limited purpose of adjudicating on the present application and shall not affect the merits of the case,” the court said. It was seized by the Thane Police’s crime branch on April 14, 2016. 20 tonnes of ephedrine and 2.5 tonnes of acetic anhydride drugs from a pharmaceutical factory – Avon Life Sciences – in Solapur and Thane and other locations in Ahmedabad.
In the investigation, the police led Kenyan drug barons Vicky Goswami and Kulkarni to be involved in a multi-crore drug racket.
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