Overview

• Maharashtra Police, collaborating with Mysuru District Police and a Mumbai team, have opened a joint investigation into the Belavatta unit raid but have not publicly confirmed the haul’s exact nature or value.
• On August 12, ABVP activists staged rallies under the ‘Nasha Mukt Campus’ campaign, submitting a memorandum demanding a high-level inquiry, strict NDPS and COTPA enforcement and expanded rehabilitation centers.
• Youth Congress workers held a counter-demonstration accusing ABVP of politicizing the bust, planning to lodge complaints against pro-BJP college managements and challenging the accuracy of the seizure details.
• Conflicting estimates over the narcotics seized include an initial claim of MDMA valued at ₹400 crore versus a KPCC assertion of 20 kg of mephedrone worth roughly ₹4 crore.
• Student groups are urging the Anti-Narcotics Task Force to receive greater powers and resources and pushing for ongoing campus awareness drives alongside strengthened law enforcement.