Telangana Police have set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the Moinabad farmhouse drugs case involving TDP MP Putta Mahesh Kumar, former BRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy, and others for alleged drug consumption. The nine-member SIT will be overseen by Future City Police Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu.
Director General of Police B. Shivdhar Reddy has issued orders to form the SIT to investigate the NDPS and Arms Act case. The SIT is tasked with thoroughly investigating the case and all related aspects of the offense.
The SIT, including members like Yogesh Goutham, DCP, Chevella, and M. Ravinder Reddy, Group Commander, Greyhounds, will work towards completing the investigation and filing a charge sheet within three months. The Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Force, in collaboration with the police, conducted a raid at Rohith Reddy’s farmhouse in Moinabad near Hyderabad.
Eleven individuals, including Rohith Reddy and TDP MP Putta Mahesh Kumar, were arrested during the raid, with six testing positive for drugs. Mahesh Kumar and seven others were released on police station bail, while Rohith Reddy, his brother, and a businessman were remanded to judicial custody. Namith Sharma, one of the accused, allegedly fired a revolver during the raid, leading to the seizure of the weapon and drugs from the accused.
