The Hyderabad Police on Friday took Edwin Nunes, the proprietor of Curlies seashore shack and nightclub in Goa, into custody in reference to a drug case registered in August on costs of being a “foremost provider” of narcotics that have been making their strategy to Hyderabad, his authorized representatives stated.
Nunes was amongst these arrested in August in reference to the alleged homicide of Haryana Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) chief and social media artiste Sonali Phogat. Phogat had died on August 23 of a suspected overdose hours after she was seen in Curlies along with her aides — who’re the primary accused within the case.
Nunes had been granted bail within the case in September however was required to seem earlier than Goa Police for questioning.
On Thursday, he was re-arrested by the Goa Police for submitting a pretend Covid-19 certificates in a bid to keep away from questioning.
“As per his bail order he was referred to as on a number of events at Anjuna Police Station within the month of November 2022 for investigation functions however he had produced a pretend covid certificates of a non-public diagnostics lab and evaded investigation. Therefore the Anjuna Police had lodged one other FIR towards him for submitting a cast doc earlier than the Police Station,” deputy superintendent of police, Jivba Dalvi, stated in a press release.
The Goa Police, whereas not releasing an official assertion about Nunes arrest by the Hyderabad Police, handed Nunes over to the Hyderabad Police after his Goa Police custody ended. The Goa Police had earlier notified their Hyderabad counterparts that Nunes was of their custody. Nunes was denied anticipatory bail by the Hyderabad classes court docket in addition to the Telangana Excessive Court docket which requested him to give up to the police.
“He was arrested by a crew of the Hyderabad Police who have been tenting in Goa ever since he was re-arrested,” a member of his crew stated.
The police have additionally approached the court docket for cancellation of bail granted to Nunes claiming that he had violated the circumstances of the bail.
The case in Hyderabad was registered in August after alleged drug peddler Preeetesh Borkar had named him as one of many suppliers.
Within the aftermath of Phogat’s demise, a portion of Curlies was demolished after the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal (NGT) dismissed an enchantment towards an order by the Goa Coastal Zone Administration Authority that had ordered its demolition for being in violation of the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) notification.
The Phogat demise case has since been handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation.