Telangana Police Seize Suspected Cocaine in Farmhouse Raid

Telangana police raided a farmhouse owned by former Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLA Pilot Rohit Reddy in Moinabad, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, late on Saturday evening, seizing two grams of a white powder suspected to be cocaine and detaining 10 individuals after five tested positive for drug use during an unauthorized gathering.

The operation, conducted around 9:30 p.m. on March 14 by the Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement, known as the EAGLE team, followed a tip-off about a suspected drug party at the property in Rangareddy district. Chevella Deputy Commissioner of Police Yogesh Gautam confirmed that officers arrived to find a private event in progress, attended by nine men and one woman, including public figures and businesspersons. Among those present were Reddy, his younger brother Ritesh Reddy, Telugu Desam Party MP Putta Mahesh Kumar from Eluru, Delhi-based real estate businessman Namit Sharma, and others identified as M. Ramesh, Shravan Kumar, Vijay Krishna, Kaushik Ravi, and Arjun Reddy.

As police entered the premises, Sharma fired one round from a licensed handgun belonging to Ritesh Reddy, according to Gautam. No one was injured, and authorities recovered the...