Yet another drug scandal rocks Telugu film industry; Popular celebs involved?
Published on Jun 24, 2023 12:00 pm IST

The sensational drug scandal that involved several top Telugu actors, filmmakers and technicians a few years ago is still fresh in people’s memory. Now, yet another drug scandal featuring some of the popular small-time Telugu film and television celebrities is rocking the Telugu film industry.

According to the latest reports, a person named KP Chowdary aka Sunkari Krishna Prasad Chowdary has been arrested in connection with a drug scandal that is seemingly waiting to erupt in the coming days. KP Chowdary had earlier released the Telugu version of Rajinikanth’s Kabali and also distributed Pawan Kalyan’s Sardaar Gabbar Singh, Mahesh Babu’s SVSC and other prominent Telugu movies. KP Chowdary, now based in Goa, was arrested while he was reportedly peddling 111.45 grams of cocaine he had purchased from a Nigerian drug dealer from Goa.

Upon investigation, cops recovered KP Chowdary’s call data and found out that he had exchanged many calls with prominent celebrities of Tollywood. It is being said that KP Chowdary maintained close ties with popular celebs, including political leaders’ sons. Stay tuned to 123telugu for more details about the case.