Bengaluru: Popular South Indian actress Ragini Dwivedi was arrested today for involvement in Sandalwood drug racket case.
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru, which is probing the drug menace in the Kannada film industry, carried out searches at actress Ragini Dwivedi’s residence this morning, police said.
“The CCB obtained the search warrant from a court,” a police officer said. The CCB had served a notice to the actress on Wednesday, asking her to depose before them on Thursday, but she sent a team of lawyers seeking time till Monday. The police directed her to appear before them on Friday. CCB sources said the actress will appear before the sleuths at 10 am.
According to police sources, a team of CCB sleuths reached Ragini Dwivedi’s residence at about 6 am.
Remember Ragini Dwivedi who was part of many Kannada films, acted in a Tamil movie titled Nimirndhu Nil opposite Jayam Ravi.