11 detained in Telangana drug bust, MP, ex- MLA test positive

Six people, including Putta Mahesh Kumar, a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Lok Sabha MP from Eluru, and former Pilot Rohit Reddy, an ex-MLA from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), tested positive for drugs following a police raid at a farmhouse in the Moinabad area of Rangareddy district near Hyderabad, officials said on Sunday.
According to Telangana Police, the raid was conducted by the Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) team after receiving information about a gathering being held at a farmhouse without prior permission.EAGLE Force Superintendent of Police R. Giridhar said the team entered the farmhouse after receiving specific inputs and found a person carrying a firearm.“We conducted a raid on a specific farmhouse where we found that one person was using a weapon. When we entered the farmhouse, our officers heard some sounds. They immediately rushed to the scene and captured one person who was holding a pistol,” he said.Giridhar added that another individual was found carrying empty rounds and that all those present were immediately detained.“Officers took all of them, 11 people, into custody immediately. They conducted a drug test on them and five of them tested positive. We conducted all the procedural activities and they were taken to the hospital for blood sample testing,” he said.
According to the officer, one additional person tested positive in the blood sample examination, taking the total number of people who tested positive for drugs to six.“One person, in addition to the five people, tested positive. So, a total of six people were found to be positive. We handed them over to local police, who will take further steps,” he added.
During the preliminary investigation, police learned that some of the individuals present were public representatives.“While conducting the test, we gathered information and came to know that one person is an ex-MLA and another is a sitting MP. Putta Mahesh tested positive in the blood sample testing. We will produce them before the court,” Giridhar said.Police officials said the raid was carried out at the farmhouse of former BRS MLA Rohit Reddy after receiving information about a party being organised there.
Chevella DCP Yogesh Gautam said that, based on inputs about a party being held at the farmhouse without permission, police conducted a raid at around 9:30 pm on Saturday. He said Rohit Reddy was among the people present at the gathering who tested positive in the drug test.“As soon as the police arrived, Delhi-based real estate businessman Namit Sharma fired one round from a gun. The gun belongs to Ritesh Reddy, the younger brother of Rohit Reddy. The gun has a valid licence, but it was Namit Sharma who fired it,” Gautam said.

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Telangana Congress president Bomma Maheshkumar Goud says, "This is a very sensitive and heinous crime. For the last 10 years of BRS rule, drugs were flown like anything. Most of the young people got habituated to drugs, there were doubts about even KTR. The then PCC president and CM Revanth Reddy challenged for a test but KTR could not come."

#WATCH | Hyderabad: Six people, including TDP MP Putta Mahesh Kumar and former BRS MLA Pilot Rohit Reddy, tested positive for drugs in a raid by Police.

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Officials also confirmed that a firearm was discharged during the raid and that a small quantity of suspected drugs was recovered from the location.Police said two grams of white powder suspected to be drugs were seized during the operation. A total of 10 people, including nine men and one woman, were present at the gathering, among them public representatives, real estate businessmen and other businesspersons.The people present included Rohit Reddy, Putta Mahesh Kumar, Ritesh Reddy, Namit Mishra, M. Ramesh, Shravan Kumar, Vijay Krishna, Ravi and Arjun Reddy.“Out of these, five people tested positive in the drug test  Rohit Reddy, Namit Mishra, Ritesh Reddy, Kaushik Ravi and Arjun Reddy,” Gautam said.He added that all those detained have been sent for additional sample tests and further legal action will be taken after the final reports are received.