Former actress Mamta Kulkarni started her career with Raj Kumar and Nana Patekar’s 1992 film ‘Tiranga’. After this Mamta worked in films like Karan Arjun, Krantiveer, Waqt Hamara Hai, and Sabse Bada Khiladi in the 1990s. The actress, who stayed away from the silver screen, was one of the accused in the 2016 drug smuggling case in which ephedrine worth Rs 2000 crore was seized. Let’s know how the actress got embroiled in this case after leaving the glamour world.
Mamta Kulkarni
Now the news is that Mamta Kulkarni’s case has finally been dismissed by the Bombay High Court. The court said that it is quashing the FIR registered against Mamta citing lack of evidence. Reportedly, a bench of Justices Bharti Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande dismissed the criminal case saying that there is no evidence against the actress. The court is yet to issue an order regarding this.
Mamta Kulkarni
However, Mamta’s petition to quash the case will be accepted. Mamta reportedly claimed before the court that she was made a scapegoat in the drug scam. In the year 2018, Mamta Kulkarni approached the High Court to quash the criminal proceedings against her in a drug case. Mamta’s husband Vicky Goswami is believed to be the mastermind of this racket, who manufactured and procured ephedrine.
Mamta Kulkarni
On April 12, 2016, the Anti-Narcotics Cell department of Thane police stopped two cars and seized two to three kilograms of ephedrine. It is considered a controlled substance under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, of 1985. According to media reports, the substance seized from the two vehicles was worth around Rs 80 lakh. Police found that 10 people were arrested in the case, including the drivers of the cars, who had procured the controlled substance from a factory in Solapur district of Maharashtra.