Former actress Mamta Kulkarni was arrested along with her husband Vicky Goswami in Kenya in a joint operation between ‘Drug Enforcement Agency’ and Mombasa Police.
According to media reports, Mamta Kulkarni is being detained and interrogated; the Kenyan police and the ‘US Drug Enforcement Agency’ are yet to formally charge her. Four people have been arrested in the operation, the most prominent name in the list includes Baktash Akasha, a well-known Kenyan drug mafia and the son of drug tycoon Ibrahim Akasha. The court has listed Mamta Kulkarni’s husband as a ‘key associate of Baktash Akasha’.
The actress Kulkarni is now in her 40s, has converted to Islam and shifted to Nairobi after leading an anonymous life in Dubai for a while. She has also been managing a leading real-estate and hotel business in Dubai. Mamta shifted to Dubai with International drug kingpin Vicky Goswami. In 1997, Vicky was arrested in Dubai for trafficking 11.5 tonne of mandrax and was sentenced for 25 years, as per Dubai laws, media reported.
The 52-year-old don's sentence was reduced to 15 years owing to his good conduct, and Vicky was released November 15 last year. Vicky converted to Islam while in prison and married Mamta, who now manages his business. After his release, the couple has shifted to Nairobi.
Mamta Kulkarni is known for her role in movies like ‘Chinagate’, ‘Baazi’ and ‘Karan Arjun’ among others. She was last seen in the 2002-film 'Kabhie Tum Kabhie Hum'.
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