Bengaluru: City-based celebrity party planner Viren Khanna was on Friday, September 4, arrested in New Delhi in connection with a drug case. He has been taken into police custody for four days and will be brought to Bengaluru.
The charges brought against 35-year-old Khanna will be revealed in the remand application submitted in court.
Sandalwood actress Ragini Dwivedi was also arrested by police on Friday evening in the same case.
Khanna, who is known for organising exclusive events that cater to expat crowds in Bengaluru, was in Delhi for the past few days. A team of CCB officers travelled to Delhi to arrest him.
Joint Commissioner of Crime Sandeep Patil informed that his team is focusing on who is procuring the drugs, who is consuming them and who organises the parties where these drugs are consumed.
Patil added that there is a “big network of drugs peddling and consumption” and that “people like Viren Khanna” are organising high-profile parties and giving a platform for drug consumption. “Then there are celebrities and others like the film actress who go to the parties and consume drugs. Then there are the drug dealers like Ravi and Rahul who supply the drugs bought through other, mostly foreign drug peddlers,” he said, adding that all the accused involved in the three aforementioned focus areas will be arrested.
