Mohit told The Indian Express that he knew Ankit, as both were natives of Delhi. “I went to sleep about 12.30 am. Till then, no one had consumed drugs. When I woke up the next morning, Ankit did not respond to our calls. So we took him to a hospital,” he said.

Police handed over Ankit’s body to his parents on Sunday. Vice-Principal of Ness Wadia College Hemant Deosthali said, “Sharma had failed in the second year of BBA. We came to know about his death from media reports.” The Anti-Narcotics cell of Pune police has started a parallel probe.

Website promotes drug dealers
City police have come across a website that displays addresses of drug-peddlers at various places across the country, including Pune. The website assures that drugs would be available at the mentioned spots. “There are many places to secure marijuana. These places are protected by cops who get paid a bribe every month. You may freely tell the cops where you secured it from,” the website says. Additional commissioner of police (crime) said proper investigations are on and the website is being probed.