Overview
- Remand papers and interrogation statements from deported suspect Mohammed Salim Mohammed Suhail Shaikh, known as Lavish, cite drug-fuelled parties in Mumbai, Goa, Dubai, and Thailand.
- Names recorded in the documents include Shraddha Kapoor, Siddhanth Kapoor, Nora Fatehi, filmmaker duo Abbas–Mustan, influencer Orhan Awatramani (Orry), rapper Loka, politician Zeeshan Siddiqui, and Alishah Parkar.
- Officers stress that the statements are being corroborated through phone data, bank trails, travel logs, hotel records, and social media activity, with no charges filed so far.
- The Enforcement Directorate has joined the Crime Branch to track suspected laundering of drug proceeds through hawala channels and real-estate investments.
- Investigators link the network to wanted trafficker Salim Dola, believed to have run operations from Dubai, with the probe tracing back to a major Sangli mephedrone bust in March 2024; Dola remains at large.