With the names of film stars and children of VIPs whose cellphone numbers featured in the call logs of arrested African drug dealers out in the open, Saturday saw a flurry of denials from several of these celebrities and politicians.Sources said that the call logs of Nigerian and Ugandan drug peddlers Patrick, Donald and Clement featured phone numbers of film actors Daggubati Rana, Kamna Jethmalani, Trisha, Charmi, Poonam Kaur, Madhushalini, Saira Bhanu, Uppalapati Ravi Srinivas, Bobby alias Nanduri Uday, Raja, his friend Sushant and Nani of the film Ashta Chemma.
Phone numbers of MP Bhuma Nagi Reddy’s daughter Ms Mounika Reddy, Telugu Desam leader, Mr Aravind Goud’s son, Mr Vinod Goud, MP Mr Mohammed Azharuddin’s son, MP Mr Lagadapati Rajagopal’s son, Mr Asrit, MP Mr Harsha Kumar’s son, Mr Sriraj and MP Mr Anjani Kumar Yadav’s son were also found in the call logs of the drug peddlers as well as that of Mr Ravi Teja’s brother Mr Bharat Raju.
Several of these film stars and VIPs said that they had nothing to do with the arrested drug dealers and that they were not involved in the issue.
Photographs of Trisha with several Nigerians are also doing the rounds on the Internet. On her Twitter account, Trisha stated, “News being spread about me is false. My lawyer is speaking with concerned authorities.”
Ms Mounika Reddy, daughter of Bhuma Nagi Reddy said, “I don’t know how my number figured in their mobile phone. I have no connections with them. For a day or two I remember I lost my cellphone and I got it again.”
