Hyderabad: Three including two medicos from Osmania Medical College held for selling ganja

Two junior doctors, K Manikandan and V Aravind, and another 10 medical students were purchasing the ganja from the suspect Suresh and regularly consuming, said DSP TGANB, K Narsing Rao.

Hyderabad: Three persons including two junior doctors studying at Osmania Medical College were arrested by the Sultan Bazaar police and Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TGANB) team for allegedly selling and consuming ganja.

According to the police, Suresh Singh alias Tinki, (38), a resident of Dhoolpet, who is previously involved in five NDPS cases was procuring the marijuana from one Pankaj Singh, of Dhoolpet and selling to customers.

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Two junior doctors, K Manikandan and V Aravind, and another 10 medical students were purchasing the ganja from Suresh and regularly consuming, said DSP TGANB, K Narsing Rao.

On information, the TGANB team and Sultan Bazaar police caught the trio and recovered 80 grams of ganja and two mobile phones. “So far we have identified four medical students who are addicted to marijuana. Investigation is in progress to identify the others who are using it,” said the official.

Meanwhile, the Principal, Osmania Medical College, in a statement on Saturday said that no incidents of drug abuse were reported till date within the premises of Osmania Medical College.

In response to reports on medicos arrested for consuming ganja, the statement said the medical graduates who have completed Internship were held by Telangana State Anti Narcotic Bureau and police. “This incident has not happened inside the premises of Osmania Medical College. It happened in Sultan Bazar area,” it said.

Both the medical graduates are no longer considered as students as they have completed their MBBS & MD course and both were not staying in college accommodation as the college accommodation is for those who are pursuing MBBS course only.

The Principal also denied that some more medical students were involved in the incident. There an Anti Drug Committee in Osmania Medical College with Chairman (Principal of the College), Vice Chairmen (Vice Principles of this College), Convener (Professor & HOD of Pharmacology), Members of the committee (who are Professors of -(2) Clinical & Non Clinical subjects), the statement said.

In the report published in the columns, the TGNAB officials were quoted and nowhere a mention was made that the incident happened in the college premises.