Overview
- The NESCO concert on Saturday in Goregaon, which drew an estimated 2,000–4,000 people, left MBA students Shreya Rai, 24, and Bismatsingh Amarjitsingh Bhasin, 28, dead on Sunday while classmate Sheetal Salvi, 25, was hospitalized.
- Vanrai Police have arrested six people, including organiser Akash (Vihaan) Samal, NESCO events executive Sunny Jain, venue VP Balkrishna Kurup, students Pratik Pandey and Raunak Khandelwal, and alleged supplier Anand Patel, with all remanded to custody until Thursday.
- Investigators say Pandey ordered 10 ecstasy pills for ₹1,500 each from Patel, had them delivered to the venue through a courier app, and Khandelwal then handed the yellow tablets to classmates who later fell ill.
- Officers have lodged an FIR under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide along with NDPS provisions, formed six special teams, and recorded at least a dozen witness statements as they probe how the pills entered the hall.
- Forensic and toxicology reports are pending even as doctors cite overdose, and the incident has put event security under scrutiny at India’s booming live shows where small pills can evade bag checks; NESCO says it is cooperating with the inquiry.