After a music concert at Nesco Ground in Goregaon, two MBA students apparently died from too much of a drug. Police think a large drug operation was happening at the same place. They have arrested a 22-year-old student at college and now believe those selling drugs, the concert organizers, and others involved are all connected.
Investigation Uncovers Drug Supply Racket
Investigators have decided that a planned way of getting drugs to people was running during the concert on April 11th at Nesco Ground. Evidence so far suggests that this operation was giving ecstasy and other drugs to people at the concert, and many of them were college students.
It looks like this drug dealing wasn’t just for one concert. They believe drugs were being delivered to previous concerts at the venue. Because of this, the investigation has gone from looking at the suppliers to perhaps including the organizers.
Arrest and Suspects
Vinit Gerelani, a 22-year-old student at a well-known college in south Mumbai, was arrested because the police think he was supplying drugs at the concert. With him arrested, seven people are now in police custody relating to this case.
Police are looking at Gerelani’s bank details and have found Snapchat messages which supposedly show discussions about getting drugs and paying for them. Police have also named other people they want to speak to, two of whom are currently wanted and were at this concert and earlier ones.
Digital Trails and Deleted Chats
The police forensic team say that social media is a really important clue. Messages on Snapchat from one suspect’s phone talk about getting drugs and paying for them at the event. These messages are key to linking the people providing the drugs to the people buying them at the concert.
Investigators also discovered that those accused of dealing drugs made and then deleted a WhatsApp group to organize the drug supply and the money for it. Even though the messages were deleted, experts can often find bits of the chat and information about the money transactions.
Links to Organizers and Earlier Events
The people involved in the drug operation may have worked with the concert organizers or people who work at the venue to sell the drugs inside the concert grounds. Officials think this could have allowed them to get to the people they wanted to sell to, like young adults and college students.
The investigation is looking into whether the same people supplied drugs at earlier concerts at Nesco Ground. One of the students who died had been to a previous concert at the venue and had taken ecstasy pills then, so people are asking if he was repeatedly getting drugs from the same dealers.
Public Safety and Legal Follow-up
Because of the deaths, people are saying that concerts need better safety rules and stricter control over who can get in to the vendor areas and backstage. Police say they will question all the arrested suspects together so they can get a clearer idea of the operation and if the organizers were involved.
Police are doing a thorough check of the money involved, getting information from phones and computers, and tracing where the money from the suspected drug sales went. Those who work in public health are saying that people need to be told about the dangers of ecstasy and mixing drugs with alcohol; the police are trying to shut down this drug operation.
In conclusion, investigators are putting together financial information, messages from social media, and statements from people who saw what happened to figure out exactly how big this drug operation was at the concert in Goregaon. As the investigation goes on, the authorities say they will make sure that anyone who helped get the drugs to the people who may have died from them is punished.
