MUMBAI: According to Indian media Mumbai police on Sunday raided a top hotel where they held almost 100 people including Indian Premier League (IPL) players and Bollywood stars who were allegedly high on drugs.
Media reports had it that the police raided on a rave birthday party going on in a five-star hotel and arrested high profile figures from IPL and Bollywood.
“IPL player Rahul Sharma was among 100, arrested from hotel,” report said adding that cops also nabbed 19 foreigners.
"We found 58 men and 38 women at the rave party at Oakwood Premier Hotel on J R Mhatre Road near Juhu beach," said zonal DCP Pratap Dighavkar talking to media. Police seized around 110 grams of cocaine, besides Ecstasy tablets and marijuana.
The police said they would lodge two types of cases - one for possession and the other for the consumption of proscribed substances.
Around 100 youngsters have been sent to various hospitals for their blood and urine samples to be collected.
"The party was being held on the open terrace of the hotel. We acted around 8 pm on the basis of a tip-off. A decoy had been sent to the party and we acted after a green signal from him," an official said, adding that the police are trying to pinpoint the organizers of the party and who supplied the drugs.
"All those youngsters whose identities have been confirmed will be sent back home. If their blood and urine reports are positive for drugs, only then will they be called and taken into custody," said additional commissioner Vishwas Nangre Patil, who supervised the raid informed media.
The drugs seized have been sent for analysis to the forensic science laboratory.
