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Rapido driver arrested as fourth accused in Tirupati MDMA case

Rapido driver arrested as fourth accused in Tirupati MDMA case
Rapido driver held for supplying MDMA · thehansindia.com

A man who drives a bike for a money-making app was arrested by the police in a city in India called Tirupati.

The police say he was helping sell a dangerous illegal party drug called MDMA.

They caught him after they had already arrested three other people who were part of the same case.

He is 33 years old, and he told police he had a job driving for a service called Rapido in another city, Bengaluru.

He said he bought the drug at a low price from a person he talked to on WhatsApp.

Then he brought the drug to Tirupati and sold it to a friend for more money.

The police officer in charge of the district ordered the arrest.

Now the police are working with teams in Bengaluru to find everyone else involved.

They want to stop the whole drug trade before it spreads further.

Key facts

Accused
Godugu Chinta Vinod Kumar (33)
Occupation
Rapido driver in Bengaluru
Case Position
Fourth accused; earlier arrestees: Guna Sekhar (A-1), S Ashwin Kumar (A-2), Rahul Yadav (A-3)
Drug
MDMA
Arrest Location
Near Ramana Villas Circle, Srikalahasti Road, Tirupati
Procurement Method
WhatsApp contact in Bengaluru, allegedly of Nigerian origin
Investigating Body
Renigunta Urban police, under district SP L Subba Rayudu
Next Steps
Special investigation teams to trace supply chain and probe cross-state links with Bengaluru

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