A music concert party organized on April 11 at the NESCO Center in Goregaon, Mayanagari Mumbai, turned into mourning when a cocktail of drugs and alcohol took the lives of two youths. Two students have died due to drug overdose at the party, while the condition of a 25-year-old girl is very critical and she is fighting for life and death in the ICU of the hospital. After this sensational incident, Mumbai Police took swift action and arrested 6 people including the event organizer.
Took drugs in cab, overdosed at event
According to the information, a group of about 15-16 students from a college had come to participate in this music event. It is alleged that narcotics were sold openly during the party. Police investigation has revealed that some youth had consumed high-profile drugs like MDMA (Ecstasy). According to sources, a young man who was among the dead had consumed a drug pill in the cab itself before coming to the event. After this, he took the second dose during the event, which led to an overdose situation in the body.
Difficulty in breathing and respiratory failure
Late in the night, around 12 o’clock, some students present in the party suddenly started having severe difficulty in breathing. He was immediately taken to the nearest hospital. A young man and a girl died during treatment. His age is said to be between 20 to 28 years. Doctors have also initially stated the cause of death to be ‘overdose’ of drugs, although the final confirmation will be after the forensic report.
6 including organizer in police custody
Seeing the seriousness of the matter, the police took action and have arrested 6 people so far. The arrested accused include:
- Vihaan alias Akash Samal (31 years, event organizer)
- Sunny Vinod Jain
- Pratik Pandey
- Anand Patel
- Raunak Khandelwal
Balkrishna Kurup (related to security)
Apart from this, the police have also detained two college students and a drug supplier. 6-7 Ecstasy (MDMA) tablets have also been recovered from the supplier. All the accused have been sent to police custody.
FIR registered under BNS and NDPS Act
In this case, the police have registered a case under sections 105, 125, 125(B), 3(5) of the new Indian Justice Code (BNS) as well as under stringent sections under the Prohibition Act and NDPS Act. Police have so far recorded statements of 15 to 20 people. Investigation has revealed that the drugs were brought from outside Mumbai.
Questions raised on police intelligence failure
This horrifying incident has also raised big questions on the anti-drugs campaign of Mumbai Police. How was this material of death distributed openly in such a big event and why did the police and intelligence department not get to know about it in time? At present, the police is busy connecting the links of the entire supply network and is waiting for the forensic report.