At Least 15 In Kannada Film Industry Into Drug Trade, Claims Filmmaker
The filmmaker mentioned he sought after to reveal the drug use within the trade.
Bengaluru:
Filmmaker and journalist Indrajit Lankesh on Tuesday claimed that no less than 15 folks within the Kannada movie trade had been curious about drug trafficking.
He made the declare an afternoon after deposing earlier than the police to percentage the details about the alleged drug racket running within the movie trade.
“I’ve given (names of) round 15 folks whom I do know are into drug trade. I shared the ones names with the police,” Mr Lankesh instructed PTI.
Mr Lankesh used to be puzzled for just about 5 hours by means of the Central Crime Department on Monday for his observation that there have been many of us within the movie trade who had been into the drug trade both as customers or dealers.
The filmmaker made the observation within the wake of the Narcotics Keep an eye on Bureau busting a drug trafficking racket in Bengaluru and mentioned some “distinguished musicians and actors” in Karnataka had been beneath its scanner.
The filmmaker mentioned he sought after to reveal the drug use within the trade.
“There are celebrities, once they get started smoking and get started doing cocaine, they’re the logo ambassadors of teenybopper nowadays. Those folks assume it’s cool..,” he added.
Mr Lankesh mentioned he suspected that one of the vital events organised within the “Sandalwood” had been hosted by means of drug mafias inside the trade.
Mr Lankesh didn’t rule out the opportunity of the Mumbai underworld at the back of the provision of substances to a bit of folks within the Kannada movie trade.
In the meantime, the police mentioned they had been probing the topic.
