The Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) KMM Prasanna on Thursday served two lawyers with a defamation notice for alleging that he was involved in the drug syndicate operated by police constable Dharmraj Kalokhe with drug peddler Baby Patankar. The lawyers had filed an application on behalf of Kalokhe, challenging a second FIR in the case that was registered at Marine Drive police station.
Kalokhe was most recently arrested for allegedly possessing 12 kg of mephedrone or M-Cat, which was recovered from an official cupboard in the Marine Drive police station where he was stationed. He had earlier been in jail over the seizure of 110 kg of M-Cat in Satara.
On March 25, when Kalokhe was produced before the magistrate's court, his advocates Naveen Chomal and Jayesh Wani submitted an application before the court, claiming that Satara police had thoroughly questioned Kalokhe about the involvement of a Customs officials as well as about the role of a senior IPS officer in Mumbai, that is, Prasanna.