A
special
court
in
Thane
has
rejected
former
Bollywood
actress
Mamta
Kulkarni's
application
for
de-freezing
her
six
bank
accounts,
three
FDs
and
releasing
two
Mumbai
flats
sealed
in
connection
with
a
Rs
2,000-crore
drugs
case.
Rajesh
S
Gupta,
an
additional
sessions
judge
who
is
also
a
special
Narcotic
Drugs
and
Psychotropic
Substances
Act
(NDPS)
court
judge,
gave
the
order
last
week.
Through
her
lawyer,
Kulkarni
submitted
in
the
court
that
she
has
been
falsely
implicated
in
the
2016
case
and
is
the
only
bread
earner
of
her
family.
The
former
actress
said
that
one
of
her
sisters
is
suffering
from
a
mental
ailment
and
undergoing
treatment
at
a
centre
in
Panvel
in
Navi
Mumbai
since
the
past
8
years.
As
her
bank
accounts
and
FDs
have
been
frozen,
Kulkarni
said,
she
is
unable
to
bear
the
medical
expenses
and
other
financial
requirements
of
her
sister.
It
was
necessary
for
her
sister
to
be
kept
in
a
clean
environment
and
for
that
purpose,
her
flats
in
Mumbai's
suburb
of
Andheri,
which
have
been
sealed,
be
released
and
their
possession
handed
over
to
her,
Kulkarni
said
in
her
plea
in
the
court.
However,
the
special
public
prosecutor
pointed
out
that
the
accused
has
been
charge-sheeted
and
ever
since
the
multi-crore
drugs
case
was
registered
on
April
12,
2016,
she
had
been
on
the
tun
and
was
residing
in
Kenya
at
that
time.
Kulkarni,
named
as
a
prime
accused
in
the
case,
was
allegedly
an
active
member
of
a
drug
syndicate,
the
prosecution
said.
All
attempts
to
bring
home
the
accused
were
exhausted
and
subsequently
to
seek
her
presence,
a
process
under
section
82
of
the
CrPC
(related
to
proclamation
for
person
absconding)
was
initiated,
it
told
the
court.
"In
pursuant,
to
the
proclamations
issued
under
Section
83
(attachment
of
property
of
person
absconding)
of
the
CrPC
and
despite
of
all
the
notices
issued
by
the
Court
were
proclaimed
in
accordance
to
law
the
accused
never
turned
up
before
investigating
agency
or
the
Court,"
the
prosecution
said.
Hence,
the
bank
accounts
and
the
flats
owned
by
the
accused
were
frozen
and
sealed
to
seek
her
presence,
it
said.
The
prosecution
pointed
out
that
if
the
application
is
allowed,
the
accused
will
never
appear
before
law
enforcement
agencies.
The
judge,
after
hearing
both
sides,
rejected
Kulkarni's
plea.
In
his
order,
Judge
Gupta
said,
“..accused
has
not
turned
up
before
the
Court
nor
appeared
before
investigating
agency,
hence,
in
the
said
facts
and
circumstances,
I
do
not
find
any
substance
to
defreeze
the
bank
accounts
and
de-seal
the
flats
as
prayed.
"It
is
made
clear
observations
made
herein
are
for
the
limited
purpose
for
deciding
present
application,
it
shall
not
have
effect
on
merits
of
the
case,"
the
court
said.
On
April
14,
2016,
the
crime
branch
of
the
Thane
police
had
seized
over
20
tonnes
of
ephedrine
and
2.5
tonnes
of
acetic
anhydride
drugs
from
a
pharmaceutical
factory
-
Avon
Life
Sciences
-
in
Solapur
and
other
locations
in
Thane
and
Ahmedabad.
Investigations
led
the
police
to
the
involvement
of
Kenya-based
drug
baron
Vicky
Goswami
and
Kulkarni
in
the
multi-crore
drug
racket.