The Bengaluru police's Central Crime Branch arrested Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi in Sandalwood drug case on Friday. She applied for an anticipatory bail but the hearing was postponed to Monday (September 7). As per Central Crime Branch (CCB), a clerk at the RTO named Ravi Shankar in Jayanagar, was allegedly involved in procuring drugs and used to attend rave parties. Ravi Shankar and Ragini are friends and many pictures and videos of them attending these rave parties have surfaced on the internet.

"We learned that the person working in the government office was related to someone in the film industry. While the CCB was investigating him (Ravi Shankar), we learned that he used to attend parties and provide drugs and also consume them," Commissioner Kamal Pant told to The News Minute. "After rigorous questioning, we learned that he was attending these parties and procuring drugs from various places. He has confessed to his activities and we are bringing in more people in connection with this case," he added.

They also arrested, Sandalwood actor Sanjjana Galrani's associate named Rahul, who is a real-estate businessman and an architect. Speaking about it, the Kamal Pant said, "We arrested Rahul and after investigation, we have learned that he used to go to other countries to procure drugs and also that he and several celebrities attended parties abroad too. We have not issued any notice to actor Sanjjana. The investigation has just begun and we will take this one step at a time."

Speaking to the media, Karnataka Tourism Minister CT Ravi said, "Drug mafia is not something that came into being now. It has been there for a long time but there have been no actions taken in the past to get to the root of the issue and to eliminate the entire mafia. Our government is committed to eliminating the drug mafia. Members of the drug mafia are trying to influence the current investigation and our government is committed to bringing everyone involved to book."