CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Actress Prayaga Martin has denied her involvement in a drug case in Kochi, involving gangster Om Prakash. The Ramaleela actress was named in the police remand report along with actor Sreenath Bhasi, after the police arrested the gangster for allegedly distributing drugs in rooms in a five-star hotel.
“I don’t know Om Prakash personally,” Prayaga told Manorama Online. “To be honest, I only heard his name when a mediaperson approached me for an interview today. I had gone to the hotel in Maradu to visit some friends.”
“Since I had to board the Vande Bharat train in the morning to attend a function in Kozhikode, I asked my friends if I could sleep in the room for some time. There was a child there and I slept along with her in the room for two hours. It is unfortunate that I was there at the time.”
Prayaga told ETimes that she had to Google Om Prakash to figure out who he was but did mention that they were in the same hotel room together with around 20 others.
“I have no connection with this guy. Although we were in the same room with over 20 people, we had zero communication,” she said.
Knowing he was being watched by the police, Om Prakash booked three rooms under the alias ‘Bobby Chalapathi’.
During the raid, the police discovered a small stash of cocaine, liquid drugs and eight bottles of alcohol.
