Overview
- The special NDPS court on Thursday denied bail to MBA students Raunak Khandelwal and Pratik Pandey and to NESCO managers Sunny Jain and Balkrishnan Kurup.
- In detailed orders released Friday, the judge said the event let liquor in and failed to stop drugs, calling the management negligent and profit-driven.
- Organizer Akash Samal was granted bail earlier, while other accused remain in custody in a case that followed two suspected MDMA overdose deaths at the April 11 NESCO show.
- Investigators say prime suspect Mahesh Khemlani sourced 4,000 ecstasy pills from Europe, with 935 seized, and routed payments through a Tether USDT crypto wallet.
- Khemlani is in police custody until May 10, and co-accused Ayush Sahitya and Vineet Gerelani were sent to judicial custody Friday as police work to trace the supplier, a currency-conversion agent, and the missing pills.