A court in Mumbai's Andheri has decided to extend the police custody of Lalit Patil, a notorious figure in the drug trade, along with his driver Sachin Wagh and accused Harish Pant, until October 30 in a drug-related case, stated a report in ANI. Lalit Patil is alleged to be the mastermind behind the multi-crore mephedrone racket, which was exposed by the Pimpri-Chinchwad police in 2020.

According to the police, Harish Pant, who was apprehended on Thursday, possessed knowledge of the formula for manufacturing MD (mephedrone). He disclosed this formula to Lalit Patil and his brother Bhushan Patil, leading to the establishment of an MD production facility in Nashik, the report stated.