Overview
- Mumbai Police, working with Khadakpada officers, arrested Kalyan businessman Anand Patel after an hour-long standoff at his Mohan Heights flat during a late-night raid based on specific intelligence.
- Khadakpada Police handed Patel to Mumbai Police for questioning in the NESCO drugs party case, where early findings suggest he linked the organiser to drug suppliers.
- Investigators say they are now tracing his contacts and distribution routes in Kalyan and nearby areas, with more arrests likely as the probe expands.
- Police also highlighted the criminal record of Patel’s father, Lakhan, described as a rationing mafia operator previously detained under the state’s MPDA law and booked under MCOCA for diverting subsidised grains.
- The case stems from a music event at the NESCO Centre that drew college students and saw two deaths tied to suspected ecstasy use, which has heightened concern over drugs at public gatherings.