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Hans India
21 hours ago
- Hans India
Delhi Police tighten noose on drug peddlers under stringent PITNDPS Act
New Delhi: Delhi police have stepped up action against notorious drug traffickers under the stringent Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PITNDPS Act), with plans to detain nearly three dozen offenders. One of them is 40-year-old Kusum, a well-known figure in the city's criminal records. The PITNDPS Act allows preventive detention of accused traffickers for up to one year without trial. The police have to prove their sustained involvement in drug trafficking to a screening committee of the Narcotics Control Bureau. Once cleared, the Ministry of Home Affairs approves the detention. Police officials said that since 2021, they have invoked this act to crack down on drug traffickers and disrupt their networks. In one instance, a repeat offender from Bareilly, arrested multiple times with large quantities of heroin, was transferred to a jail in Chennai to isolate him from his associates. So far this year, four detention orders have been issued under the act, with three already executed. The crackdown is part of the government's 'Nasha Mukt Bharat' (Drug-Free India) campaign. While only 28 traffickers were detained under PITNDPS in the past four years, police now plan to act against 35 offenders this year alone. A list of repeat offenders -- those involved in two or more cases -- is being compiled by various police districts. Kusum, who is currently absconding, remains a key target. A financial probe has already led to the attachment of assets worth Rs 5 crore allegedly amassed through drug money. These include assets in Sultanpuri in northwest Delhi, and Rohini's Sector–24. Though the process is lengthy, officials said proceedings are underway and efforts have intensified to clamp down on the drug trade across the capital.
India.com
2 days ago
- Business
- India.com
Meet actress who quit acting at its peak, started a business, now runs a company worth Rs 1,200 crore, earns more than Ranbir Kapoor, name is…
Aashka Goradia's name was once known in every household. She played many great roles in the TV industry. It started in the year 2002 with the serial 'Achanak 37 Saal Baad', but she got real recognition from TV serials like Kusum, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Sindoor Tere Naam Ka. Apart from this, she also left her mark in reality TV shows like Bigg Boss 6, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4, Nach Baliye 8, and Khatron Ke Khiladi 4. Who is Aashka Goradia? When Goradia's career in TV and reality shows was at its peak, she surprised everyone by suddenly deciding to leave the industry. In this way, after spending about 19 years in the TV industry, Aashka said goodbye to TV in the year 2021 and started her entrepreneurship. She had decided that now she had to try her hand in business. How many years has Aashka worked in the film industry? Aashka remained on the TV screen for years, where makeup plays a very important role. So she decided to start a business related to this field. This had started even before leaving TV, and in the year 2018 itself, she laid the foundation of a cosmetic brand along with Priyank Shah and Ashutosh Valani. When this business started growing, she decided to leave TV and try her hand this completely. What kind of business did Aashka Goradia start? Aashka started his business with an initial investment of Rs 50 lakh. Gradually, his brand Renee started gaining momentum and online sales started increasing. Within just 2 years, the company's revenue crossed Rs 100 crore. In the year 2024, many media reports claimed that the valuation of his brand has reached Rs 1,200 to 1,400 crore. During this time, much funding was also received. Goradia already knew about finance. She said in an interview that when she started earning money while working in TV, instead of fulfilling her hobbies, she focused on buying her own house in Mumbai. Aashka says that she bought her own house in Mumbai at the age of just 23. Currently, she lives in Goa with her husband and child. What is Aashka's company worth? Not only has Aashka's cosmetic brand grown, but she has also created other sources of income. She earns crores of rupees every year through social media. Apart from this, she also runs a yoga studio in Goa with her husband. Today, her net worth is said to be around Rs 1,500 crore, which is about 4 times more than Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor's net worth of Rs 369 crore. Why did Aashka decide to quit the TV industry? Aashka's decision to leave the TV industry was not just for business or to earn money, but from here her whole life changed. In the year 2019, she left Mumbai and shifted to Goa with her husband, Brent. For the unversed, Brent is an American yoga instructor. This is the reason why she started a yoga studio in Goa along with her husband. In the year 2023, she also had a son, and Goradia's family is enjoying Goa.
India.com
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
Meet actress who became a business queen, built a company worth Rs 1200 crore, bought a house at 23, now lives a luxury life, her name is…
Meet actress who became a business queen, built a company worth Rs 1200 crore, bought a house at 23, now lives a luxury life, her name is… This actress once used to play sister-in-law in TV shows. After quitting her acting her she built a business worth Rs 1,200 crore. Do you recognise her? By Shawn Dass Edited by Shawn Dass Advertisement TV actor Ram Kapoor recently said that some stars of the TV industry have become so successful that their four generations can live without worries, in this list he mentioned the names of Sakshi Tanwar and Ronit Roy. But there is another TV actress who left acting at the peak of her career and chose a completely different path and today has built a company worth 1200 crores. She is none other than the famous TV actress Aashka Goradia. Who is Aashka Goradia? Ashka made her TV debut in 2002 with the show 'Achanak 37 Saal Baad'. After this, she worked in shows like 'Bhabhi', 'Tum Bin Jaoon Kahan'. But in 2003, she became known in every household with Ekta Kapoor's show 'Kusum'. Then she also appeared in popular shows like 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi', 'Sindoor Tere Naam Ka', 'Naagin'. Advertisement === View this post on Instagram A post shared by Aashka Goradia Goble (@aashkagoradia) Ashka has not only participated in fiction but also in reality shows, she has appeared in Bigg Boss 6, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4, Nach Baliye 8 and Khatron Ke Khiladi 4. Ashka was last seen in the TV show 'Daayan' and reality show 'Kitchen Champion 5' in the year 2019. In 2021, she decided to quit acting so that she could give full time to her business. Advertisement === A year before quitting acting, in 2018, Ashka launched 'Renee Cosmetics'. She started it in collaboration with Priyank Shah and Ashutosh Valani, the same people who created Beardo (men's grooming brand). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Aashka Goradia Goble (@aashkagoradia) How Ashka built a company with Rs50 lakh to Rs 1,200 crore Renee started with just Rs 50 lakh and was a digital-first brand that initially sold only online. Products started selling on Amazon, Flipkart, Nykaa, Myntra. Then gradually the brand expanded offline as well. The price of the products was decided keeping in mind the women of tier 1 and tier 2 cities. Due to this strategy, Rene started competing with big brands like Lakmé, Maybelline, MyGlamm, Sugar. The brand earned Rs 100 crores in the first two years. In the year 2024, Renee Cosmetics is valued at Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,400 crore after the company raised funding of Rs 100 crore. Bought a house at the age of 23 Ashka shared that she came to Mumbai from Gujarat at the age of 16. Initially, she lived as a paying guest and then in a rented house. But later she bought her own house, Ashka said: 'At the age of 23, I bought my own house in Mumbai, which was a big thing for me.'
Indian Express
21-07-2025
- Indian Express
Who is Kusum, the drug queen of Delhi's Sultanpuri?
On September 11, 2008, Kusum (40), a resident of E Block in Outer Delhi's Sultanpuri, was arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch Narcotics unit for allegedly supplying smack in the neighbourhood. Kusum told the police that her husband, Manoj, was unemployed — and high on smack, all day and every day. Desperate to support herself and her four children, she contacted Manoj's supplier and got into the local drug business. Seventeen years and 11 cases later, Kusum is back in the news. On Saturday, the Delhi Police seized property worth Rs 4 crore belonging to her and her family in Sultanpuri and Rohini areas. Seven of these were in Sultanpuri, including a 'mini mansion' from where Kusum ran her drug supply chain network — which now included heroin, ganja, and tramadol tablets. Kusum, however, is missing. She has been on the run since March. Born in 1968 in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, Kusum never went to school. When she was 16 years old, her parents married her off to a man named Raju aka Surender, a worker-for-hire. He later moved to Sultanpuri with Kusum, a police officer said. In the early 1990s, Raju passed away due to a chronic illness. In 1992, Kusum married Manoj. A smack addict, he couldn't hold down a steady job, the officer said. The same year, the couple had their first of four children, Pooja, her dossier noted. Kusum would then give birth to Deepa in 1995, Amit in 1998, and Cheeku in 2001, another police officer said. Due to Manoj's deteriorating health, he started staying home for long periods. The family of six soon had no source of income. In 2002, Kusum obtained the contact of a local smack supplier through her husband and began dealing for him in Outer Delhi. By 2003, she was controlling the smack supply in three-four blocks of Sultanpuri. In June that year, she was booked for the time under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. In September 2008, Kusum was arrested for the first time by the Narcotics division of the Crime Branch. She was released on bail in the same month, her dossier said. She would go on to expand her drugs business to include heroin. A senior police officer said that Kusum's brother, 'Danny', was also involved in the drug business. He would frequently travel between Bulandshahr and Outer Delhi, and would put Kusum in contact with Ashfaq, an alleged heroin supplier from Bareilly, the officer said. Kusum's dossier mentions Ashfaq as one of her key associates. Throughout the 2010s, Kusum's drug business expanded and she started acquiring property across Rohini and Outer Delhi to park her money, a police officer said. Her Sultanpuri home, a cluster of modest shabby three-floor buildings from the outside, was connected to form a 'mini-mansion' from the inside, the officer said. 'Suppliers would come near the buildings on two-wheelers to take their order. Juveniles working for her would come to the windows, put pouches of heroin and smack in a basket, and lower it using ropes. The supplier would take his order, put cash in the basket, which was then pulled back up,' the officer said. As suppliers went in and out of her now 'iconic' E Block den, a team of policemen and CCTVs across the block began to watch their every movement. After years of surveillance and based on specific inputs, police raided the establishment in March this year and arrested her son Amit, 26, allegedly a key part of Kusum's operation and her heir apparent. More than 500 packets of heroin, tramadol tablets, Rs 14 lakh in cash and a black Scorpio SUV were recovered. Kusum and her three daughters, police said, went on the run. On Saturday, police reported that approximately Rs 2 crore in cash had been transferred into the accounts of both Pooja and Deepa over the past 18 months. According to Kusum's dossier, Amit and Pooja were her most frequent visitors during her stints in judicial custody, the most recent being in March 2024. 'It's extremely difficult to keep her behind bars and collect evidence. She has an army of chartered accountants and lawyers working for her. Even during the raid this year, about 12 lawyers reached the building to try and halt it,' a senior police officer said.
NDTV
20-07-2025
- NDTV
Rs 2 Crore In Bank, Mini Mansion In Delhi: "Drug Queen's" Empire Falls
New Delhi: Delhi Police have seized properties worth approximately Rs 4 crore linked to an alleged drug syndicate led by a woman identified as Kusum, a long-time resident of the Sultanpuri area in North-West Delhi. Kusum, referred to by officials as the "drug queen" of Sultanpuri, is currently missing. She has been untraceable since March, when a police raid on her residence led to the arrest of her son and the recovery of large quantities of drugs and cash. According to police sources, a total of eight immovable properties have been seized. Seven of these are located within Sultanpuri itself, while the eighth is in Rohini's Sector 24. Police records reveal that Kusum is already facing 12 cases registered under the NDPS Act. According to sources, she is the central figure in an illicit drug supply chain that operated in North-West Delhi, especially in Sultanpuri. During the March raid, Kusum's son, Amit, was arrested. From the premises, officers recovered 550 packets of heroin, a stash of tramadol tablets -- commonly misused as a narcotic painkiller -- Rs 14 lakh in cash, and a Mahindra Scorpio SUV. The recovery, police believe, offered leads into the scale of the operation. Following this the bank transactions of Kusum's two daughters were probed. The probe revealed deposits totalling approximately Rs 2 crore over the past 18 months. What drew attention was thousands of small-value deposits, most ranging between Rs 2,000 and Rs 5,000, into multiple bank accounts. In the first half of this year alone, approximately Rs 70 lakh was deposited across various accounts linked to the daughters. Police have confirmed that neither of the two was able to offer a credible explanation for the sources of these funds. Another discovery was of a building in Sultanpuri. According to sources, the structure had been assembled by knocking down the interior walls of four separate housing units, creating a single, four-storey complex. From the outside, the homes appeared unremarkable. Internally, however, they had been connected to form what police described as a "mini-mansion". Delhi Police have formally written to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) with details about the building. An MCD departmental review of the building's status and approvals is expected shortly.
