Tollywood drug case: Actress Rakul Preet Singh appears before ED in Hyderabad

A week after being summoned in the Tollywood (Telugu film industry) drugs racket, Bollywood actress Rakul Preet Singh appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday as part of money-laundering probe in Hyderabad, according to TimesNow .


Earlier, the ED had summoned over 10 personalities from Tollywood, such as film-maker Puri Jagannadh, and actors Rana Daggubati and Ravi Teja, in connection with the racket of supplying high-end narcotics such as LSD and MDMA.


According to reports by PTI, the ED has already grilled Jagannadh and actress Charmee Kaur in the case. The 'Baahubali' actor is expected to appear on Wednesday (September 8). The agency has also summoned actress Mumaith Khan, among others, for questioning.

The high-end drugs racket was busted in the city in 2017 by the Telangana's Prohibition and Excise department.

Several cases related to drug trafficking were registered and over 20 people were arrested including a US citizen, who was a former aerospace engineer and had worked with the NASA, a Dutch national, a South African national besides seven B.Tech degree holders employed with multi-national companies in Hyderabad.

The names of some Tollywood personalities came out during the interrogation of people arrested in connection with the racket.

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Telangana's Prohibition and Excise department, as part of its investigation had also probed the alleged drug-links with Tollywood, and had then questioned 11 people connected to the Telugu film industry including actors and directors besides the driver of one of the actor and had also collected hair and nail samples.

The SIT questioned them to find out if they had any links with the racket as consumers or suppliers or with those arrested.

The ED summoned the Tollywood personalities who were among those questioned by SIT and they were asked to appear before it. However, Rakul Preet was questioned by SIT then.

Last year, she was questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the drugs probe linked to Sushant Singh Rajput's death.

(With inputs from PTI)