The ongoing investigation into the drugs racket unearthed on July 1 has found that the alleged kingpin of the racket, Kelvin Masra, had connections with the drug mafia in Goa and drug suppliers from the United States.
The government reviewed the matter along with excise and enforcement officials at the Secretariat on Monday. Speaking to the media later, director of the Enforcement Wing of the Excise and Prohibition department, Akun Sabharwal, said that many of the victims and the accused are from the film world, and celebrities and educational institutes are also involved in the case.
“We have appointed a Special Investigative Team (SIT) with inspectors S. Srinivas Rao (Hyderabad) and Mr Srinivas (Suryapet). We can't give more details until we have the accused persons in our custody.” Mr Sabharwal said.
“We need to know more facts from the three accused - Kelvin, Mohammad Abdul Wahed and his elder brother Mohammed Abdul Quddus,” he said. The prime accused is Kelvin Masra, a management student from Mangalore in Karnataka who has settled in Bowenpally near Secunderabad.
His neighbours and his father, who is a Central government employee, know that he takes drugs but they didn’t know that he sells drugs. An officer from the Special Task Force who participated in the raids said that 650 units of LSD and some MDMA (Ecstasy) were found at Kelvin’s residence.
“He has quickly expanded his network in the city by offering quick service. He delivers the drugs to customers within half an hour of receiving a message from them,” the SIT officer said.
Mr Sabharwal said that the STF has questioned a film producer and issued notices to four international schools and nine corporate colleges in the city seeking more information.
“We found drug request messages in mobile phones of the arrested persons from customers including students and celebrities. We have to question them. So far we have questioned 11 persons. Children of prominent personalities in the city are involved in the racket as victims; we have been speaking to the parents. We are verifying their rights as children before questioning them,” he said.
The arrested persons were produced before a magistrate at the Nampally court and sent to judicial remand for 14 days.
Drug trail
- Kelvin's gang targeted and began supplying drugs to students from four international schools and nine corporate colleges in the city.
- It was observed that Kelvin's mobile had automatic message delete option after every 15 minutes. To retrieve previous messages, the STF sent the mobile to the Forensic Science Laboratory.
- Kelvin used to deliver drugs within 15 to 30 minutes from the time he got a message from his customers.
