M'luru CCB notice to actor-anchor Anushree

Mangaluru: The central crime branch (CCB) police here on Thursday issued a notice to television host and actor Anushree through WhatsApp in connection with the ongoing drugs probe.

A police team has already left for Bengaluru to hand over the notice in person, police sources said.

Earlier today CCB arrested Tarun, a close friend of dancer-choreographer Kishore Aman Shetty, after subjecting him to a drug test which proved positive.

During the questioning, Tarun allegedly revealed that Anushree had also been to Shetty’s party.

Shetty and his aide Aqeel Nausheel were arrested on September 19 under charges of drug consumption and peddling. Aska, an employee of a spa in the city, who allegedly partied with Shetty was arrested later.

The state CCB police is investigating drug abuse among bigwigs, including those in the film industry, after the Narcotics Control Bureau arrested three people from Bengaluru with a drug haul. They were allegedly supplying drugs to Kannada film actors and singers.