Overview

• Police raided Mangli’s birthday celebration at Tripura Resorts in Chevella after receiving tip-offs about drug use and unpermitted liquor and DJ systems.
• Only attendee K. Damodhar Reddy tested positive for ganja, contradicting earlier reports of multiple drug-positive guests.
• Cases were filed under the NDPS Act, the Excise Act and loudspeaker regulations against Mangli, the resort’s general manager and others for hosting the unlicensed event.
• Authorities recovered a substantial quantity of foreign liquor and seized DJ equipment during the raid.
• Cyberabad police are investigating the drug’s supplier while Mangli maintains she was unaware of permission requirements and denies drug involvement.