The two had bought heroin from IPS officer's right-hand man Vicky Oberoi a few months ago; Mohan's former subordinates brought to Mumbai for questioning
The two had bought heroin from IPS officer's right-hand man Vicky Oberoi a few months ago;u00a0 Mohan's former subordinates brought to Mumbai for questioning
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Disgraced: Saji Mohan was nabbed red-handed in Oshiwara last Saturday |
Yesterday, the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) nabbed two drug peddlers, who had bought a huge consignment of heroin from Vicky Oberoi, the right-hand of alleged drug-trafficker andu00a0 IPS officer Saji Mohan a few months ago.
A senior officer informed that in the recent months, many students have become addicted to drugs. But Mohan's arrest has prevented many young addicts in Mumbai from taking drugs.
The ATS has identified the two peddlers, but their names have been withheld to avoid interference in the investigations. While one sold drugs in Mahim, the other operated from a hotel in Vile Parle.
The suspects will be prosecuted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The ATS found out that Mohan made several deliveries of Heroin or White in Kashmir, New Delhi and Mumbai.
"He was trying to make inroads into the Mumbai market when the police got wind of his activities," said Additional Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh.
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InterrogationsSingh added that Mohan's former subordinates Superintendent Balwinder Singh andu00a0 Niven Kumar and Davendra Pal from Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have been summoned to Mumbai for interrogation.
Kumar and Pal were escorted from the NCB headquarters in Chandigarh to Mumbai last evening, and will be questioned in connection to Mohan's role during his stint as Joint Director, NCB, (north region) between 2006-2008.
A senior ATS officer informed that a few Border Security Force personnel have also come under the scanner for their alleged role in the trans-border drug trade. They will be brought to the city for questioning soon.
