{"id":670517,"date":"2026-11-13T14:25:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T18:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/670517\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T14:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T18:25:52","slug":"kasargod-mdma-case-bail-denied-again-for-main-youth-congress-accused-investigation-expands-to-north-indian-drug-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/670517\/","title":{"rendered":"Kasargod MDMA Case: Bail Denied Again for Main Youth Congress Accused; Investigation Expands to North Indian Drug Network"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kasargod: The Kasargod District Sessions Court has once again rejected the bail applications of the main accused Youth Congress activists in the Kasargod MDMA smuggling case. The bail pleas of Muhammad Hussain and Abdul Salam were denied, and both have been in remand for 95 days. The bail refusals come amidst the continuing gravity of the case and ongoing investigative circumstances. Meanwhile, the fourth accused, Sainul Abid, had previously been granted bail by the High Court.<\/p>\n

The case surfaced when police apprehended four individuals from Ernakulam with 139.29 grams of MDMA at Kalikkadav near Chathannoor Police Station limits. The subsequent investigation raised suspicions that a wider group was involved in the drug trafficking. Consequently, the inquiry expanded to other districts and beyond the state borders.<\/p>\n

For nearly a month after the arrests, the accused did not submit bail petitions. Later, despite approaching the court, bail was not granted. The investigation team has been collecting information regarding the accused\u2019s involvement, the source of the narcotics, and associated financial transactions. Controversy also arose over the earlier withdrawal of bail applications by some accused. During the stage when the bail was under consideration, the police were preparing to submit an investigation report elaborating on the accused\u2019s roles and financial dealings related to the drug trade. Organizations including the DYFI alleged that the accused withdrew the bail pleas strategically to prevent critical details from being examined by the court. However, there is no official confirmation regarding the true reason for withdrawing the applications.<\/p>\n

Considering the quantity of MDMA seized and suspicions of an extensive trafficking network, a special investigation team was appointed. Under the directions of the Kasargod District Police Chief, a 17-member team led by the Deputy Superintendent of Police in Kanhangad took charge of the investigation. As part of this probe, on August 19, police arrested Mohammed Sabir, a native of Parappally, suspecting his connection to the primary drug distribution network operating in Kasargod.<\/p>\n

Subsequent investigations yielded indications of drug trafficking links extending outside the state. Eight more individuals were arrested, including Ria Khan, a Lamba native residing in Howrah, West Bengal; Vishnu Kumar from Uttar Pradesh, her aide; and Victor Dasab, a Ghanaian national previously arrested in Kollam. The investigation team suspects they are connected to a North Indian drug trafficking network.<\/p>\n

Further inquiries focus on analyzing the relationships among the accused, the transfer and distribution methods of narcotics, and associated financial transactions. The team is also working to trace the routes through which MDMA entered Kerala and to identify whether more individuals were involved behind the distribution chain. Alongside collecting additional evidence, the investigation team continues to examine details relating to the accused\u2019s participation.<\/p>\n

With the main accused Youth Congress activists again denied bail, the case continues to attract attention as investigations deepen and judicial proceedings proceed.<\/p>\n

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Original Malayalam report: Malayalam Daily News<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kasargod: The Kasargod District Sessions Court has once again rejected the bail applications of the main accused Youth Congress activists in the Kasargod MDMA smuggling case. The bail pleas of Muhammad Hussain and Abdul Salam were denied, and both have been in remand for 95 days. The bail refusals come amidst the continuing gravity of the case and ongoing investigative circumstances. Meanwhile, the fourth accused, Sainul Abid, had previously been granted bail by the High Court. The case surfaced when police apprehended four individuals from Ernakulam with 139.29 grams of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":670518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[582,170398,47748],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-670517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-kerala","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}