Overview
- - Telangana’s EAGLE unit raided a Moinabad farmhouse late March 14, detaining 11 people including TDP MP Putta Mahesh Kumar and former BRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy.
- - On-the-spot urine screening flagged five people, and subsequent hospital blood tests confirmed six positives, including the MP, according to officials.
- - Officers seized a small quantity of suspected narcotic and a licensed .32 revolver after a guest fired a round; the substance and gunshot residue were sent to the FSL for analysis.
- - A case under the NDPS Act, Arms Act, Telangana Excise Act and BNS was registered; three were remanded while several others, including the MP, were released on station bail.
- - The TDP issued a show-cause notice to the MP and asked him to stay away from party activities as investigators trace the drug source and await lab findings.