Mamta Kulkarni gets big relief from Bombay High Court in 2016 drug case
India TV NewsThe Bombay High Court has quashed the drug smuggling case of Rs 2,000 crore against Bollywood star Mamta Kulkarni. The actress' husband Vicky Goswami is a drug mafia, who is behind the manufacturing and purchase of Ephedrine, a controlled substance under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. For the unversed, in April 2016, the Thane police effected a rich drugs haul from Mumbai, Thane and Solapur of around 18.5 tonnes of ephedrine and 2.5 tonnes of acetic anhydride, valued at more than Rs 2,000 crore, blowing the lid off a major international narcotics racket. Goswami, 52, was earlier imprisoned for 25 years in the United Arab Emirates in 1997 for trafficking around 11.50 tonnes of Mandrax but was released in November 2012 on grounds of good conduct.