Mumbai: Mucchad Paanwala co-owner arrested by NCB in a drug case
Mirror Online / Updated: Jan 12, 2021, 15:05 IST
The Narcotics Control Bureau (
Muchhad Paanwala in connection with the ongoing probe into various drug cases.
The development comes after he was questioned by the NCB on Monday. Mucchad Paanwala caters to several famous clients including Bollywood personalities, businessmen and industrialists.
On Monday, Jaishankar Tewari, better known as Muchhad Paanwala, was called in for questioning by the NCB in its drugs probe. However, this morning, NCB arrested the co-owner Ramshankar Tiwari.
Drugs case: Mumbai s famous Mucchad Paanwala shop co-owner held
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His name reportedly cropped up during the interrogation of an arrested British national Karan Sajnani in a
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The Central Crime Branch confirmed the arrest.
Aditya is accused number six in the Sandalwood drug case and had been absconding for four months.
Bengaluru: The Central Crime Branch police of Bengaluru has nabbed Aditya Alva, brother-in-law of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, in the Sandalwood drug case.
Confirming the arrest to the media, Bengaluru Joint Police commissioner (Crime) Sandeep Patil said that Aditya Alva, who was absconding for over four months, was arrested on Monday night from Chennai. We were involved in a continuous operation to arrest him. We received a tip-off that he was in Chennai after which a team arrested him, he explained.
Mumbai s Famous Mucchad Paanwala Shop Co-owner Held During Drugs Case Probe
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The Narcotics Control Bureau on Tuesday arrested Ramkumar Tiwari, one of the owners of the famous Muchhad Paanwala shop in Mumbai, in connection with a drugs case, an NCB official said. The paan shop, located at Kemps Corner in south Mumbai, has been famous as it is frequented by some celebrities.
Tiwari was apprehended by a team of the NCB after questioning, the official said. His name cropped up during investigation into a drugs case in which three persons, including a British national, were arrested with 200 kg of drugs from Khar and Bandra areas here on Saturday, when he said.
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UPDATED: January 12, 2021 17:56 IST
Mucchad Panwala alias Ramkumar Tiwari, one of the owners of Mumbai s famous chain of paan shops Muchhad Paanwala , was arrested by NCB in a drug probe on Monday night.
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Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Bengaluru, told ANI that Alva was arrested from Chennai last night.
Karnataka | In Cottonpet drugs case, the absconding accused Aditya Alva was arrested from Chennai last night: Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Bengaluru ANI (@ANI) January 12, 2021
Alva had been absconding, ever since his name cropped up in the Sandalwood drugs case that included actors Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjanaa Galrani, party organiser Viren Khanna and realtor Rahul Thonse.