Watch: Orry gets mobbed as he appears for questioning in Rs 252 crore drugs case

Keep AC off, fan slow as they grill him about ties to Dawood cartel in Rs 252cr drugs case
Apoorva Agashe (MUMBAI MIRROR; November 27, 2025)

The Anti-Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Police on Wednesday grilled socialite and influencer Orhan Awatramani, alias Orry, in a major drug seizure case, an official said.

Orhan arrived at the Ghatkopar unit of the ANC around 1.30 pm, the official said. He had been asked to visit the ANC office last Thursday (November 20) but had sought more time.

According to the police, Orry’s name cropped up during the interrogation of Mohammed Salim Mohammed Suhail Shaikh, a key accused in the Rs 252 crore mephedrone seizure case. The case is centred around a largescale mephedrone manufacturing setup in Sangli.

Shaikh allegedly claimed that he used to organise rave parties in India and abroad for certain film and fashion celebrities, a politician, and a relative of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim. Orhan was among those named by Shaikh, as per the police.

Shaikh, nicknamed ‘Lavish’ because of his lavish lifestyle, was deported from Dubai last month.
Shaikh was a close aide of Salim Dola who oversaw mephedrone man-ufacturing and distribution across India, the police had said earlier.

On Wednesday the police interrogated Orry for six to seven hours. The police kept the temperature of the room deliberately high, switching of the air-conditioner, to keep the influencer uncomfortable, the official said. A senior officer said they suspect that Orry came into contact with the gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s kin in Dubai.

Asked about his sources of income, Orry told the police that he was working for a telecom major on a salary of Rs 3 lakh per month. The police, however, said his lifestyle was disproportionate to his source of income.
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 THE TIMES OF INDIA (November 27, 2025)

Mumbai: The anti-narcotics cell of Mumbai police on Wednesday recorded the statement of media influencer Orhan Awatramani alias Orry in connection with allegedly attending drug parties abroad.
Police officials said Orry arrived at the Ghatkopar ANC unit around 1.30pm along with his lawyer and was in the office till late in the evening.

The police are questioning some celebrities after a deported drug peddler, Sohail Salim Shaikh alias Lavish, reportedly told the cops that he used to throw drug parties in the city and abroad which were attended by these celebrities. On Tuesday, the police had recorded actor Siddhant Kapoor’s statement for more than four hours at its Ghatkopar unit.

The Ghatkopar ANC unit had recently busted a mephedrone or MD drug manufacturing factory in Sangli, seized MD worth Rs 252 crore, and arrested half a dozen accused, including Shaikh who was deported from Dubai.