Bombay High Court quashes Mamta Kulkarni's drug case citing lack of evidence: Report

Former Bollywood actress Mamta Kulkarni received a reprieve from the Bombay High Court, which dismissed the 2016 case against her involving a Rs 2,000 crore drug haul. The Thane police had previously named her as an accused in the case. The Bombay High Court has quashed the case due to insufficient evidence.

In April 2016, Thane police raided Avon Lifesciences Ltd in Solapur and arrested 14 individuals. Vicky Goswami, Mamta Kulkarni’s husband, is believed to be the mastermind behind the drug case. The investigation revealed plans to divert ephedrine, a controlled substance, to Kenya for methamphetamine production intended for the US market.



The chargesheet identified five additional wanted individuals, including Vicky Goswami, Mamta Kulkarni’s partner, who is suspected of being a drug lord. Thane police, under Commissioner Param Bir Singh, reported that Kulkarni was implicated in the drug racket and attended a key meeting with Goswami and his associates at Hotel Bliss in Kenya on January 8, 2016.




The fourth and final chargesheet in the case against Goswami and Kulkarni lacked evidence of the meeting. The police relied primarily on a statement from co-accused Jay Mukhi, recorded before a magistrate in July 2016, to implicate Kulkarni. Mukhi later sought to retract his statement, claiming it was given under duress.

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