Police yet to nab Juhu rave party candyman

Ninetyone people detained 110 grams of cocaine 64 grams of charas and ecstasy tablets recovered But cops remain clueless about the peddler who supplied the dope and evidently disappeared without a trace During Sundayrsquos operation at Oakwood hotel Juhu cops detained 53 men and 38 women ndash including 19 foreigners ndash at a rave party Police have also arrested the organiser Vishay Handa But they failed to identify the drug dealer Party animals People detained by Mumbai police during the sweep at the Oakwood hotel rave partyu00a0below The women detained at the party were taken to Sir JJ hospital for medical tests PICsVIJAY BATE santosh nagwekar Satyajit Desai Sources said the peddler was in the party but he was not arrested by the police There are chances he chucked the drugs and masqueraded as an invitee according to Vishwas NangrePatil additional commissioner of police West region Police say they had information about the peddler himself selling drugs inside However when cops reached the spot many invitees allegedly threw away the drugs The peddler was reportedly well acquainted with the organiser Straight dope Cops are questioning Handa about the source of the drugs ldquoWe have also summoned the DJ for further inquiry However the prime focus of the investigations is to find out who the drug peddler was It is possible that he flushed the consignment and mingled with the crowdrdquo said Patil Police sources said they suspect a person named Romeo R present in the party may have supplied the drugs However cops are yet to disinter his real identity Meanwhile police officers have identified the agent ndash a woman ndash who had supplied girls for the party Sources said the lady in question makes similar arrangements for various events She also gets celebrities and cricketers to attend as she reportedly has Bollywood links Patil said that at such rave parties celebrities and film stars are invited by an agent ldquoThese agents charge a fee for getting luminaries to grace such dosrdquo he said The addl CP told MiD DAY he had received a tipoff some time earlier and later confirmation that drugs were being supplied at this particular party Around 7 pm police sent an informer inside who corroborated the presence of dope at the soiree Following this cops carried out the raid On entering the premises they spotted two men sitting at a table and being given VIP treatment ldquoThe men later identified themselves as IPL players Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell from Pune Warriors Indiardquo said Patil Clean sweep He added that cops also observed many people dancing in seminude condition ldquoWe have collected photos from the lensmen who were there After the raid started no person left the venue as we have recovered the CCTV recording from the hotelrdquo Patil said The top cop stated that the officers then went to the DJ and ordered him to stop playing They then announced that they were conducting a raid The constables then delimited the crowdrdquo added Patil The attendees by then had allegedly chucked a few packets of dope from the terrace and also flushed some consignment ldquoWe would have seized more cocaine and charasrdquo said Patil The 91 people detained were sent to Cooper and Bhabha hospital for getting their urine and blood samples tested The detainees were asked to sign an undertaking and were allowed to go ldquoThe ones who test positive for drugs would be arrestedrdquo Patil added Message delivered Herersquos the invite to the party posted on Facebook THIS Sunday we decided to bring something downhellip 20th of MAY DESIGNER HIPPIES United Beats Records USA ARE bringing the SUN ldquoDOWNrdquo Lets rock this town so get ready to get high Please do not try to FLY Because Flying is an illusion not a Realityu00a0 come with us and wersquoll make you feel Gravityhellip VENUE AZOK OAKWOOD POOL SIDE TIME 4 pm onwardsu00a0 Electro Set Designer Hippies Making People Happy Since 1999 Support the Music not the Drugs Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative Oscar Wilde Rs 25000 a table Juhu police said that each table at the party was sold for Rs 25000 Patil said that more than 200 people had responded to the invite The invitees were told to wear a rubber hand band to enter the party Cops say the code that indicated it was a rave party was the line lsquoSupport the Music not the Drugsrsquo in the invite and the fact that Designer Hippies who play trance music were performing at the venue Telly stars in focus Actress Shilpa Saklani and husband Apoorva Agnihotri who were also detained from the party and sent for medical tests spoke to the media yesterday Shilpa said ldquoWe had received the invites from a friend who was attending the party We reached the venue at 630 pm and as soon as we sat down we saw cops entering the premises They then took us to hospitals where our blood samples were taken We have been to the place previously too but had no idea about the drugs We are sure that our results are going to come out negative There were a number of highprofile people inside the partyrdquo Organiser Arrested Police have arrested the organiser of the party identified as Vishay Handa 31 a resident of Dev Park building in Juhu Handa who is the manager and director of Oakwood Premier hotel had allegedly sent out invites for the rave party on his hotel website and Facebook Patil said that Handa was seen at the party during the raid and was arrested under Section 8 c of the IPC read with Sections 20 21 25 27 and 29 of the NDPS Act He was presented before the Andheri magistratersquos court where he was remanded to police custody till May 25 In his statement Handa told the police that he did not issue the invite He said he had been linked to the invite by someone on Facebook Handa also said that the hotel had just rented out the Azok restaurant pools area on the terrace for a party and was not aware of the nature of the bash Cops also arrested Amrit Sagar Chopra who is the grandson of filmmaker Ramanand Sagar for allegedly abusing police officers during the raid quotAmrit was in an inebriated state and abused the officers at the spot He was arrested for stopping a government employee from conducting his dutyquot said Patil Amrit was presented before the court where he was remanded to judicial custody and later released on bail of Rs 7000 A team of four police officers will now study the Facebook invite and try to decode it and also probe who the original sender is u00a0