Bengaluru: Upcoming Sandalwood actor Aryyan Santosh and TV anchor Akul Balaji appeared before the Central Crime Branch (CCB) for questioning in connection with the ongoing drug case.
It is said that the CCB is summoning persons with links to the arrested accused and clarifying the same, Arryan Santosh too said that he has been summoned due to his connection with Vaibhav Jain, an accused in the case.
Aryyan Santosh, who owns Jade Villa near Devanahalli had employed Vaibhav Jain to manage his properties.
Speaking about the same, Arryan Santosh said that he had come in contact with Vaibhav a few years ago and he had given Jade Villa through Airbnb and Jain was managing the same.
He added that he has had couple of fall out with Jain, following which he had even asked him to stop managing his property.
“I had a very strict rule of no entry after 9 pm and no accommodating over ten people. When Jain was not following the rules laid down by me, I had couple of arguments with him,” he said adding that he will co-operate in the probe.
Vaibhav Jain was arrested by the CCB earlier this month and as per sources, he managed various farmhouses. He is also said to be an associate of another accused, Aditya Alva, brother-in-law of actor Vivek Oberoi.
The CCB has arrested actors Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjana Galrani in connection with the case earlier. Party planner Viren Khanna was arrested on September 4 and is in police custody.
