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Court to Rule March 20 on Custody as SIT Steps Up Moinabad Farmhouse Drugs Probe

Investigators will mine digital records to trace drug suppliers.

Overview

  • Police have asked for 10 days’ custody of former MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy, his brother, and Namith Sharma, with orders expected on March 20.
  • The nine-member SIT, working to a three-month deadline, is preparing phone-data and call-detail record analysis to identify suppliers and wider links.
  • Seized substances have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory and gunshot residue samples were collected as part of the evidence.
  • Police say shots were fired during the March 14 raid; a licensed .32 revolver, cartridges and small quantities of cocaine were recovered.
  • BRS and TDP issued show-cause notices to their implicated leaders after initial drug tests indicated consumption, while the Telangana Chief Minister said the MP’s station bail followed rules with no government intervention.