Vicky Goswami is allegedly an international drug cartel kingpin.
Vicky Goswami, Mamta Kulkarni's reported husband who is facing allegations of being the kingpin of international drug cartel, has claimed that the former Bollywood actress is not his wife.
"Mamta Kulkarni is only a well-wisher. She stood with me in difficult times but she is not my wife, I never married her," Goswami is quoted as saying in an India Today report.
Last week, Thane police seized a total of 18.5 tonne of Ephedrine and 2.5 tonne of acetic anhydride for which they received a letter of appreciation from the US Drug Enforcement Agency too.
During the investigation it was found that Vicky Goswami was the alleged kingpin of the racket. Goswami is currently out on bail in a case where he was arrested by Kenyan police officials. He will soon be extradited from Kenya.
Goswami alleged that the US was pressurising India to extradite him and since he is afraid that America's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) may kidnap him, he will not come back to India, reports India Today.
"Don't be surprised if they (DEA) kidnap and take me to America tomorrow. How can I come to India. I can't come to India as am on bond. I can't leave Mombasa. I am a businessman with interests in several other countries. I am into gold, diamond mining other things," Goswami told India Today.
The drug trail
It all began with the arrest of Sipren Chinassa, a Nigerian national, with 500g of ephedrine who led the cops to the manufacturing unit at Solpaur. Chinassa led the cops to Sagar Powale and Mayur Sukhdare, who were arrested in Thane for allegedly possessing around 2kg of ephedrine. This was followed by the arrest of Dhaneshwar Swamy with 5.50kg of ephedrine powder. After this Dnyaneshwar Dhimri, production manager from Solapur unit, was also arrested.
On further grilling, the investigation led to persons related to the company — Manoj Jain, Punit Shringi and Pradeep Singh Gill.
"Members and directors of the company were directly connected to the Kenyan drug mafia king Vicky Goswami. Earlier, too, they had not disclosed the amount of drug that was being manufactured at the company," said a crime branch police officer.
He added: "The accused were planning to arrange a unit at Mombasa in Kenya were they can turn ephedrine into methamphetamine which is costlier in the international market. The Gujarat and Maharashtra police are working on this drug cartel while we have found that 4-5 persons are still absconding. We will arrest them soon."
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