Sandalwood drug case: Actor Vivek Oberoi s brother-in-law Aditya Alva arrested in Chennai
The police team that arrested Aditya Alva has brought him to Bengaluru and has said that the accused will be produced before the Special Court for NDPS cases.
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Actor Vivek Oberoi s brother-in-law Aditya Alva, who was absconding since four months, was arrested by CCB Bangalore police in connection with the Sandalwood drug case. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS) By Express News Service
BENGALURU: Former Karnataka Minister Jeevaraj Alva s son and Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi s brother-in-law Aditya Alva s run has come to an end with the Bengaluru s Central Crime Branch (CCB) police arresting him in Chennai on Monday night, in connection with the Sandalwood drug case.
The special NDPS court in the city on Tuesday sent Aditya Alva, one of the prime accused in the Sandalwood drugs case, to seven-day police custody. Alva was on the run after the infamous Sandalwood drugs case came to light last year with the .
According to CCB sources, Aditya was arrested from a resort located between Chennai and Mahabalipuram.
CCB sources said that the investigators were tracking mobile phone locations of persons close to Aditya and that they had compiled a list of people whom he was in contact with regularly.
Sources claimed that CCB Inspector Puneet received information of his whereabouts after which an operation to arrest him was planned and carried out.
CCB sleuths have brought Aditya to Bengaluru and he is currently being questioned at the CCB’s office in Chamarajpet in Bengaluru. Police sources said that he would be produced before the special court in NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) cases later in the day.