Renowned Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi arrested in connection with drugs

Kannada actor Ragini Dwivedi, whose home was searched on Friday morning for an investigation into drug abuse, has been arrested, the police said.The Central Crime Branch (CCB) had served a notice to the actress on Wednesday, asking her to depose before them on Thursday, but she sent a team of lawyers seeking time till Monday.However, the police raided Ms Dwivedi's residence early this morning after getting a search warrant from a court and took her to the CCB office in the afternoon to question her, an officer said

Later in the evening, in a statement, Bengaluru Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Patil said, "Ragini Dwivedi has been arrested and taken into custody."Besides, the actress, two people named Rahul and Viren Khanna were arrested, he said. With this, four people have been arrested in the case.The police had earlier said arrested one K Ravishankar, who has links within the Kannada film industry, in connection with the drugs case and a court has sent him to police custody for five days.According to police, Viren Khanna is a big catch. "He (Khanna) is the main person who organises big parties where drugs are consumed. He was in Delhi and two CCB police inspectors had gone to Delhi and arrested him," Mr Patil said.Ragini Dwivedi, whose family hails from Haryana's Rewari, was born in Bengaluru. She made her debut in the movie Veera Madakari in 2009.