AMN
The Crime Branch of Mumbai police yesterday arrested five police personnel in connection with the drug seizure case involving former head constable Dharmaraj Kalokhe and lady drug mafia from the city Shashikala alias Baby Patankar.
Crime branch yesterday arrested senior police inspector Suhas Gokhale, inspector Gautam Gaikwad, sub inspector Sudhakar Sarang, assistant sub-inspector Jyotiram Mane and head constable Yeshwant Parate.
Yesterday’s arrests take the number of persons arrested in this case to eight.
Kalokhe was arrested on March 9 after 114 kg of the narcotic drug mephedrone (also called ‘meow-meow’), popular in party circuits, was found in his house in Satara district of western Maharashtra. Another 12 kg of the drug was found in his locker at Marine Drive police station in Mumbai where he was posted. His arrest revealed that he had relations with infamous lady drug mafia from the city ‘Baby’ Patankar, who too was arrested later after being on the run for over 40 days.
Deputy Commissioner of police Mohan Dahikar said that all the five policemen have been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. They will be produced in the court today.