A month after the infamous rave party at Donje village, near Sinhagad Fort in Pune district, it has been found that as many as 248 youths who attended the party had consumed drugs. Of the 287 blood samples sent to the Pune regional Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), 248 tested positive, that is, they contained drug components, SP (Pune rural) Vishwas Nangre-Patil told TOI. "It means that a majority of the party-goers - 86% - had consumed drugs. These also include the blood samples of a few girls, which also tested positive," Nangre-Patil said. The FSL submitted the reports of 287 blood samples to the Pune rural police on Friday. The samples contained chemicals found in marijuana and hashish, it said. "It's a THC (Tetrahydrocannibinol) test, which proved the consumption of drugs by party-goers and organisers," he said. Nangre-Patil said the party goers - except for those who were involved in drug peddling and the supply of drugs - will be sent to de-addiction centres and will not be prosecuted, provided they complete a de-addiction course from a recognised institute. The Pune rural police had rounded up 287 boys and girls including seven drug suppliers, party organisers and a farm land owner, from a mango farm at the foothills of historic Sinhagad Frot at Donje village, some 30 km from Pune, on March 4 this year. The arrested youth and girls included call centre and IT firm employees, sons and daughters of affluent businessmen, air hostesses and college students. The police had seized seven bottles of phenylfine hydrochloride, two-and-half kg of marijuana (ganja), 100 gm of hashish (charas), beer cans, cigarettes, music systems, 45 cars, 29 two-wheelers and an unspecified number of mobile phones. The 287 youth were arrested under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS), 1985. However, local courts have granted bail to all the party-goers and the organisers. Nangre-Patil said the police would chargesheet the 287 youth but since a majority of the party-goers were first-time offenders, they had decided not to take stern action against them. Nangre-Patil said the police will seek the help of psychologists, psychiatrists and institutes like Muktangan and Sadhana Trust to help the party-goers. The 287 suspects cannot leave the country as the city court has already seized their passports. Meanwhile, the police are still gathering information about the website, which was used by the party organisers and goers to select the spot and to organise the party on the night of March 3.
SOURCE : THE TIMES OF INDIA
SOURCE : THE TIMES OF INDIA
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