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Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) said, “During the inquiry, it was found that both were in contact with some associates of the accused and were leaking information about the investigation.”
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Bengaluru police on Wednesday suspended two police officials for allegedly sharing information of the investigation with the associates of the accused in the Sandalwood drug nexus case.
Assistant Commissioner of Police MR Mudhavi of the Woman Protection Wing, Central Crime Branch (CCB), and head constable Mallikarjun were suspended after an internal inquiry revealed that both of them are leaking the information.
Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) said, “During the inquiry, it was found that both were in contact with some associates of the accused and were leaking information about the investigation.”
Patil said Mudhavi is not part of the core investigating team in the case.
The Bengaluru CCB has been investigating the drug racket linked with Sandalwood for the past few weeks.
They have arrested actors Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjanaa Galrani and summoned others from the film industry.
Those questioned include Diganth Manchale and wife Aindrita Ray, Akul Balaji and Santosh Kumar.
The CCB has also named Aditya Alva, son of late state minister Jeevaraj Alva and brother-in-law of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, as well as film producer Shiva Prakash, in its FIR.
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