New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday once again failed to quantify the exact amount of drugs consumed by Rahul Mahajan, son of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, and recovered from his residence.
The Delhi Police have booked Rahul under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, but since his arrest on June 5 have failed to specify the amount of drug he had consumed or possessed.
The police have the Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory’s (CFSL) report on the "white substance" consumed by Rahul and recovered from his residence, but during a hearing before Delhi court on Monday said the forensic report "does not confirm the percentage of heroin in it".
The court, after hearing this, observed that the police had not determined the percentage of cocaine in the samples of white substance recovered from the residence.
The court said punishment in the case would depend on the weight of the white substance, but the CFSL had not determined the same.
"It is the percentage so determined which governs the exact quantity of the narcotic drugs/drug being recovered," the court said.
However, the police said the lab report has confirmed that Mahajan's blood has tested positive for drug use. Police had last week sought more time from a Metropolitan Magistrate to ascertain the quantity and nature of drug, saying they were awaiting the CFSL report in this regard.
The court had on two earlier occasions observed that police has failed to quantify the drug.
Police officials told the court that they got two sealed packets containing white powder from the Apollo Hospital on June 2, the day Rahul was admitted there in a critical condition.
The hospital authorities, after admitting Rahul, had asked his servant to fetch the substance from the 7 Safdarjung bungalow.
The substance recovered from the house was put into two packets and sealed with labels quoting the hospital's logo. The hospital had later handed over the packets to the police.
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