Actor Charmme quizzed in drugs case

She complained that a constable touched her while she was entering excise office for interrogation

Telugu actress Charmme Kaur was grilled for seven hours by a team of excise officials on Wednesday in connection with a sensational drug racket involving Tollywood celebrities and even students, Bangalore Mirror reported.

Enforcement Director Akun Sabharwal said Charmme refused to give body fluids, hair and nail samples for tests and so they were not collected. The questioning was videographed and will be submitted to the trial court.

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Before coming to the SIT office, Charmme shot a film in Kondapur area on the city outskirts. Accompanied by her bouncers, the actress reached the excise office along with her lawyer Vishnuvardhan Reddy. However, the lawyer had to stay behind and only she was taken to the fifth floor, where the questioning took place.



Charmme also lodged a complaint with the Special Investigation Team alleging that a constable had touched her while she was entering its office, according to The Times of India.

When she was crossing the main gate, she looked back with an uncomfortable expression on her face. The actress further complained that other police officials also tried to push and drag her.

Charmme arrives for the interrogation. PHOTO COURTESY: The Times of India

Actress Mumaith Khan will appear before the authorities on Thursday. The same officers have been appointed to question her.

Charmme used Twitter to thank her fans who have supported her during this tough time.

Thank u so much 🙏🏻 https://t.co/ZzHUUclBjT

— Charmme Kaur (@Charmmeofficial) July 25, 2017

Thank u dad n each n every one supporting us 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/biyjWKyXN0

— Charmme Kaur (@Charmmeofficial) July 19, 2017

I m in tears 🙏🏻 thanks for ur unconditional luv n support 🙏🏻🙏🏻 https://t.co/nNnIorkWst

— Charmme Kaur (@Charmmeofficial) July 19, 2017

Trouble began brewing when the excise department busted a drug racket, which reportedly, had spread its tentacles into scores of schools and colleges in Hyderabad. Youngsters, sometimes as young as 12 or 13, had become addicted to drugs, including LSD and MMDA, and some girls were even trading their private pictures for drugs, according to First Post.

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The revelations sent a chill down everyone’s spine and almost immediately, the government and the excise department sent notices to several schools and colleges to address the issue immediately. Several colleges and schools sent out circulars to the parents of all the kids studying in their school to watch out for symptoms of odd behaviour.

And just when it seemed like the government and other officials involved in busting this drug racket would address this issue seriously and put an end to the whole thing, the narrative shifted to drug abuse in film industry.

 In fact, media reports, of late, have become so focused on a handful of actors, technicians who were served notices to appear before the authorities as part of the probe, that everyone seems to have conveniently forgotten what’s happening in the schools and colleges.

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Earlier this month, Allu Arvind, Suresh Babu and few others from the industry issued a warning to the film fraternity to stay away from drugs and urged them to not bring a bad name to the whole industry. However, it was too late by then. The names of some of the actors, who were under the scanner, was ‘leaked’ to the media and all hell break loose.

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Several actors including Nandu, Subbaraju, Navdeep, Charmme and Mumaith Khan, who received notices, denied these allegations; however, they are still expected to co-operate with the authorities.