Ragini Dwivedi, the first mainstream actress to be arrested in the Sandalwood drugs scandal on September 4, allegedly mixed water with urine and handed it over to doctors at the KC General Hospital in Malleswaram on Thursday. Doctors were, however, able to recognise water in the sample, and called her bluff, said a CCB officer who’s part of the investigation.
A urine drug test can detect if someone has used narcotics in the last few days. Adding water to the urine will reduce the urine temperature, which is roughly equal to the body temperature. Ragini was later made to drink some more water and give another urine sample. The CCB made sure she didn’t mix water in it.
The officer described Ragini’s alleged behaviour as ‘shameful and unfortunate’ and said that the incident was mentioned to the magistrate seeking an extension in her police custody on Friday. The judge has given the police three more days to question her in custody.
