The Special NDPS court yesterday rejected the application filed by the Mumbai Crime Branch for sending samples of the substance found with constable Dharmaraj Kalokhe of the Marine Drive police station for retesting to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Hyderabad.

Sessions Judge U B Hejib delivered the order after hearing the prosecution and defence arguments. On May 25, the Crime Branch had filed an application for retesting the samples after the State Forensics Laboratory in Kalina had given negative reports for mephedrone aka meow meow, saying the substance was monosodium glutamate (MSG), commonly known as ajinomoto.