Hyderabad:
A CEO of a Hyderabad hospital has been arrested after she was allegedly caught shopping for cocaine value Rs 5 lakh, the police mentioned.
Namrata Chigurupati, 34, was arrested when she was receiving medicine in a courier from a Mumbai-based provider, Vansh Dhakkar.
She was caught together with Dhakkar’s aide, Balakrishna, who was delivering the medicine.
The police mentioned that Chigurupati contacted Dhakkar by way of WhatsApp and positioned an order for cocaine value Rs 5 lakh. She transferred the quantity on-line.
“A medical practitioner, Namrata, had ordered medicine from Vansh in Mumbai, who was recognized to her. An individual known as Balakrishna then got here to produce (the medicine) and handed them over to her at Rayadurgam,” senior police officer Venkanna mentioned.
“Police tracked and caught them. Rs 10,000 money, 53 grams of cocaine and two cell telephones had been seized from them,” he added.
Circumstances below related sections have been registered in opposition to them, they usually have been despatched to judicial custody, Mr Venkanna mentioned.
Throughout interrogation, she reportedly confessed to spending about Rs 70 lakh on medicine over time.