Absconding Aditya Alva, the Brother-in-law of Actor Vivek Oberoi, Arrested in Sandalwood Drugs Case

The Bengaluru Central Crime Branch police has nabbed Aditya Alva, brother-in-law of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, in the Sandalwood drug case. Confirming the arrest to the media, Bengaluru Joint Police commissioner (Crime) Sandeep Patil said that Aditya Alva, who was absconding for over four months, was arrested on Monday night from Chennai. “We were involved in a continuous operation to arrest him. We received a tip-off that he was in Chennai after which a team arrested him,” he explained. Also Read - Crime Branch Sends Notice to Vivek Oberoi's Wife Priyanka Alva in Sandalwood Drugs Racket

Aditya, who is the son of late Janata Party leader Jeevaraj Alva, is accused number six in the Sandalwood drug case and had been absconding for four months. According to CCB sources, Aditya was arrested from a resort located between Chennai and Mahabalipuram. CCB sources said that the investigators were tracking mobile phone locations of persons close to Aditya and that they had compiled a list of people whom he was in contact with regularly. Also Read - Search at Vivek Oberoi's Mumbai Residence in Drugs Case After Brother-in-Law Aditya Alva Goes Absconding

Sources claimed that CCB Inspector Puneet received information of his whereabouts after which an operation to arrest him was planned and carried out. CCB sleuths have brought Aditya to Bengaluru and he is currently being questioned at the CCB’s office in Chamarajpet in Bengaluru. Police sources said that he would be produced before the special court in NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) cases later in the day. Also Read - Sandalwood Drugs Case: Bengaluru Police Suspend ACP, Constable For Allegedly Leaking Crucial Information