BENGALURU: The Koramangala police have arrested two people, including a fake journalist, on charges of drug peddling and seized one kg of charas worth Rs 3 lakh from the accused. The arrested have been identified as Rakesh, 26, and Amul Hasan, 23, both hailing from Mangaluru. Rakesh was a high school dropout and worked as a construction worker in Mangaluru while Hasan, a journalism graduate, had come to the city about three years ago in search of a job.According to the police, they received a tip off that two people were trying to sell drugs near BBMP Park in Koramangala.
A police team rushed to the spot and nabbed them after finding that they were in possession of one kg of charas. When the police searched both, they found a ‘Press’ identity card with Hasan. When grilled thoroughly, he admitted that he had created the card to cheat people, while claiming to be a reporter of ‘All India News 24x7’, a fictitious media house.
“Investigations revealed that Hasan had not got any job and thus called Rakesh, who was in Mangaluru, to join him so that they both can make money by selling drugs. Hasan, a drug addict from college days, revealed that he got charas from one, Devdas, of Bidar. Efforts are on to nab Devdas,” the police added.
BTech grad held:
In another drug peddling case, the Koramangla police have arrested Pratik Tiwari, 25, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, along with two others. He had completed BTech and was pursuing MBA. A drug addict himself, he used buy ganja from the other two accused and sold it to students and IT professionals. Police have seized 20 kg of ganja from the accused.
