July 27, 2017
Actress Mumaith Khan on Thursday appeared before the
Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Telangana's Excise Department probing the
Hyderabad drug racket.
A four-member team of officials began questioning
the actress at Abkari Bhavan, the office of Prohibition and Excise Department,
around 10 a.m.
She was being questioned on whether she takes drugs and
whether she has any links with Calvin Mascrenhas, the alleged kingpin of the
racket.
Mumaith reached Hyderabad from Mumbai after she got permission to
leave 'Big Boss' for one day. According to the rules of the television reality
show, no participant is allowed to leave the house till he or she is eliminated
from the contest.
Known for her item numbers, she is the eighth Tollywood
celebrity to be questioned by SIT. She is considered close to director Puri
Jagannadh, who was already quizzed in the case.
The investigating
officers had on Wednesday grilled actress Charmme Kaur for over six hours. SIT
said she refused to give her consent for drawing the samples of body fluid, hair
and nails and thus the same were not collected.
The two actresses are
among 12 personalities from Tollywood summoned by the SIT for questioning in the
drug racket which was busted here in July.
The SIT has questioned seven
celebrities including Charmme, actors Tarun and Navdeep and director Puri
Jagannadh.
They were summoned after the SIT found their contact details
in the call data of Mascrenhas.
Actor Ravi Teja and some others would be
questioned this week.
The SIT has arrested 20 accused in the racket,
which created a sensation following startling revelation that the peddlers sold
drugs to students of several colleges and schools in Hyderabad, Tollywood
celebrities and techies.
The case took a new turn on Wednesday as SIT
arrested a Dutch national in the case.
Mike Kamminga's arrest was being
considered a major breakthrough as he was reportedly supplying the drugs to
peddlers from Europe.