Actor, director and producer Jeevitha Rajasekhar's brother, Murali, was caught red-handed by city police while buying the banned drug, cocaine.
According to highly-placed sources in the police department, Murali was caught red-handed by the West Zone Deputy Commissioner team under Jubilee Hills police station limits.
Murali is believed to have been buying the cocaine from a Nigerian. The foreign drug peddler managed to make good his escape from the spot.
Sources said that Murali had about 200 grams cocaine on his person at that time. According to sources, 2 more persons were caught by the police. They are believed to have been accompanying the film producer. Sources say that one of those arrested is believed to be the son of an IFS officer, while the other has been identified as Rambabu.
Murali is also a film producer. He had produced films like 'Sheshu' and 'Magadu', starring his brother-in-law, Rajasekhar.
This arrest has come as a big blow to Tollywood as the industry's reputation took a severe beating after Raviteja's brothers Bharath and Raghu were caught red-handed by the police while buying drugs last year.
According to reports, directors, actors and producers are among the high-profile drug-users in the city.
Courtesy: INN
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