Three angadias quizzed over Thane drug case

THANE: Police probing the Rs 2,000-crore ephedrine drug case are questioning three Mumbai angadias, a courier community involved in transporting cash and valuables across the nation, whether their services were used by the drug cartel to transfer cash between Mumbai and Gujarat.
Investigations have revealed that African drug mafia had paid cash for the stock. According to police, the kingpin Manoj Jain, a former director of Avon Life Sciences Pvt Ltd; Kishorsinh Rathod, son of former Gujarat MLA; and Jay Mukhi were in no position to use any legal channel to transfer funds.
An officer said they have questioned a couple of angadias suspected to be involved in the transactions.
Meanwhile, a group of private security personnel hired by Jain to secure the factory at Solapur have told cops about the murky goings-on in the unit. “These guards said that whenever a consignment of ephedrine would leave the factory, they would be asked to leave the premises. Suspecting foul-play they quit their jobs and returned to Mumbai and have now approached us,” said a police officer.
Police are on the look out for Sushil Assikannan, owner of the transport company involved in the shipments. A police team is believed to have left for Bengaluru to hunt for him.