Mumbai, Jun 23 (PTI): Actor Apurva Agnihotri, who rose to fame with popular TV serial 'Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin', was among the 44 people who tested positive for drugs consumed at a high-profile rave party at a suburban hotel last month, police said.
"Apurva Agnihotri is among the 44 people who tested positive for drugs. His wife Shilpa's test results are yet to be received," said a police officer.
As many as 44 out of the 92 people who had been rounded up during a high-profile rave party at Oakwood Premier Hotel in Juhu on May 20 have tested positive for drugs, making their arrest inevitable, the officer said.
However, since the party-goers are not accused of possessing 'commercial quantity of drugs', they would get bail after the arrest, he added.
According to the officer, they can later apply for drug rehabilitation in a government hospital as per section 64 (A) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. They can then apply to the court for exemption from further action.
Police received samples for 46 of the 92 people, who attended the 'sundown' party. 44 of the 46 males tested positive for the drugs consumption, police said.
The two persons who tested negative for the drugs were identified as Amrit Sagar, grandson of Ramanand Sagar, director of television serial 'Ramayan' and Rahul Sughand.
Out of the 44, who tested positive, 27 had consumed cannabis, one had MDMA (better known as 'Ecstasy', a drug usually taken in a pill form), while 16 had consumed MDMA as well as cannabis.
The results of the other 46 people, including two IPL cricketers, Wayne Parnell and Rahul Sharma (both played for Pune Warriors India) and 38 women have not been received yet, police said.
According to police, these 46 men were taken to the civic-run Cooper Hospital, after they were rounded up along with 46 others partying at the hotel. The rest were taken to J J Hospital and Bhabha Hospital.
The hospitals took urine and blood samples to test alcohol presence and the same samples were also sent to Kalina Forensic Laboratory for drug tests. The results of 46 men were received yesterday, police said.