Sandalwood drug case: ED gets court nod to quiz Ragini, Sanjjanaa, 3 others in jail

Bengaluru: The Special Court for NDPS Cases on Thursday permitted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to question the accused in the Sandalwood drug racket, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PML Act).

The central agency has got five days’ time to record statements of Ragini, Sanjjanaa, party organiser Viren Khanna, real estate businessman Rahul Thonse and suspended RTO clerk B K Ravi Shankar in the Bengaluru Central Prison.

The ED, in its petition, stated that the initial investigation indicates a prima facie case of money laundering against the five suspects.

It is said that a huge amount of proceeds of crime are involved in money laundering activities.