The
Enforcement
Directorate
(ED)
reportedly
summoned
12
Tollywood
celebrities
including
Rana
Daggubati,
Rakul
Preet
Singh,
Ravi
Teja
and
Puri
Jagannadh
in
connection
with
a
four-year-old
drug
case.
Reportedly,
the
agency
has
taken
over
a
case
filed
in
Telangana
in
2017
in
connection
with
a
high-end
drug
racket.
According
to
reports,
the
financial
investigation
agency
had
also
questioned
Charmme
Kaur
and
Mumaith
Khan
among
others.
India
Today's
latest
report
claims
that
Jagannadh
and
Rakul
will
appear
before
the
ED
on
August
31
and
September
6
respectively.
On
the
other
hand,
Rana
and
Ravi
have
been
asked
to
appear
on
September
8
and
9
respectively.
The
actors
and
directors
have
been
reportedly
summoned
as
witnesses
in
the
case.
Earlier
in
2017,
the
celebrities
were
questioned
by
the
Special
Investigation
Team
(SIT).
Though
the
team
had
collected
hair
follicle
and
nail
samples
of
more
than
60
suspects,
no
charge
sheet
was
filed
against
any
celebrity
from
the
film
industry.
On
a
related
note,
recently
the
Bengaluru
Police
investigating
the
alleged
drug
abuse
in
the
Kannada
film
industry
on
August
24
revealed
that
actresses
Ragini
Dwivedi
and
Sanjjanaa
Galrani's
hair
follicle
drug
test
reports
have
turned
positive.
The
duo,
along
with
14
others
were
named
on
an
FIR
in
2020,
registered
by
the
CCB,
accusing
them
of
procuring,
consuming
and
distributing
banned
drugs
at
high-end
events.