Drug deal: Sreenath Bhasi and Prayaga Martin to be questioned, person who escorted them to hotel taken into custody

KOCHI: The police will question actors Sreenath Bhasi and Prayaga Martin in connection with the narcotics case against notorious gangster Om Prakash. The person who escorted the stars to Om Prakash's hotel room has been taken into custody. Elamakkara native Binu Joseph was taken into custody by the Ernakulam South Police. The police are questioning him. Police said that Binu Joseph is a key link in the drug dealings in Kochi. Police are investigating whether the actors visited the hotel room as part of drug dealings.

Earlier on Monday, the Ernakulam Judicial First Class Magistrate Court had granted bail to Om Prakash and Shihas in the case. The names of the film stars were included in the remand report submitted by the police requesting that bail be denied for the gangster. According to the report, actor Sreenath Bhasi and actress Prayaga Martin visited Om Prakash's room at a five-star hotel in Kochi on Sunday.

It was Om Prakash’s friend, who booked the room in the opulent hotel in Kochi. The names of around 20 people including popular actors are mentioned in the report. According to the police, banned drugs were consumed inside the room. It is also indicated that Om Prakash and his friends brought drugs from abroad and sold them at the DJ party in Kochi.

The police had also demanded that Sreenath and Prayaga be taken into custody and questioned. However, the police could not produce evidence of drug use. The court granted bail to Om Prakash and Shihas as the medical examination could not prove the use of drugs.