Sandalwood Drugs Case: Accused Had Knowledge of Raids 2 Months in Advance, Police Tell Court

The conversation is between Ravishankar, the first person arrested in the case who is also a close aide of Ragini, and Prashanth Ranka, listed as A4 (accused #4 of the 12 in the first FIR). The documents show Ravishankar sending a message to Ranka on June 23, telling him “Don’t talk to peddlars.”

Of course, these are only excerpted chats that are submitted to the court at this time, not the entire conversation.

The chats go on to say “big time tracking is going on,” And “got to know from sources yesterday,” ending with a “take care. “

One of the messages also mentions “Sandeep Patil sir,” the additional commissioner of police heading the crime branch, as possibly the officer leading the investigation. Though the context of how his name came up is not clear.