New Delhi Dec 31 PTI Contradicting Virat Kohli chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma on Friday said the batting maestro was told to carry on as T20I captain by everyone in the BCCI Days after Kohli quit T20I captaincy BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said that the Board had asked the superstar batter to reconsider his decision Kohli had contradicted Gangulys statement during his explosive press conference prior to leaving for the Test series against South Africa saying he had no such communication with the Boards president and that he was informed about his removal as ODI skipper one and a half hour before the selection meeting for the SA series However Sharma on Friday said Everyone from selectors to BCCI office bearers convenor of selection meeting and all present told Kohli to wait on T20 captaincy till World Cup got over Everyone told him to reconsider and rethink he added Kohlis comments had exposed the simmering tension between him and the BCCI officials PTI AH AH PDS PDS
Mumbai Oct 22 PTI Chats messages and videos recovered from actor Armaan Kolhis mobile phone indicate on the face of it that he was involved in illicit drug trafficking a special court has said while rejecting his bail application The special judge for cases under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act A A Jogelkar rejected the actors bail plea on October 14 The detailed order became available on Friday Kohli was arrested in the last week of August As per the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB 12 grams of MD was recovered from Kohlis house while bigger quantities of drugs were recovered from the co-accused in the case The court held that after examining the material obtained during the probe prima-facie it seemed that Kohli was well-connected with the co-accused pertaining to illicit trafficking of drugs Special prosecutor Advait Sethna had submitted chatsmessages between Kohli and the co-accused along with their bank statements before the court The judge noted that bank transactions corroborated alleged transactions revealed from the chats Kohli failed to explain the purpose of contraband recovered from his house and the financial transactions the court said Contents in the chats and videos also propagate for the indulgence of the applicant in illicit trafficking prima-facie and therefore the prosecution seems to have invoked section 27A of the NDPS Act against the applicantaccused the judge said Section 27 A is about punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders Investigation was at a nascent stage the court observed while rejecting the bail plea PTI AVI KRK KRK KRK
Mumbai Aug 31 PTI The Narcotics Control Bureau NCB has arrested four more persons including two Nigerian drug peddlers in connection with the alleged drugs case involving Bollywood actor Armaan Kohli an official said on Tuesday Following Kohlis arrest on Sunday the NCBs Mumbai zonal unit conducted a series of raids in various parts of the city he said The raids began on late Sunday night at Juhu Gully in western suburbs during which the NCB team seized mephedrone and apprehended Mohammed Ajaz Sayyed alias Chiya Bhai he said Based on the information provided by him one Imran Ansari was arrested on Monday for alleged role in purchasing drugs the official said Subsequently Nigerian national Uba Chinoso Wizdom was held with mephedrone in Nallasopara in neighbouring Palghar district late Monday night Wizdom was suspected to be the main supplier of mephedrone in this case the official said Nwachiyaso Israel Nwachukwu alias Sam another Nigerian was arrested from Arey Colony area here on early Tuesday morning and mephedrone and cocaine were seized from his possession the official added Sam attacked NCB sleuths injuring one of the officials he claimed Sam had been living in Mumbai for the last five years and is suspected to have links with international cartels as the cocaine seized in the case apparently originated in South America the official said The Central agency has thus arrested six persons including Kohli in the case so far Kohli who had featured in several Bollywood films and also a TV reality show was arrested on Sunday after cocaine was allegedly seized from his house in suburban AndheriIn a separate operation the NCB seized mephedrone and ecstasy from another Nigerian national Sunday Okeki alias Sunny in Nallasopara on Tuesday the official said PTI DC ARU KRK KRK
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