Siddhanth Kapoor detained in Bengaluru for consuming drugs at rave party

Veteran actor Shakti Kapoor’s son, Siddhanth Kapoor, was reportedly detained by the police following a raid on a rave party in Bengaluru on Sunday night.

Bengaluru police sources told the agency Asian News International (ANI), “He is among the six people allegedly found to have consumed drugs.”

Bheemashankar S Guled, DCP, East Division, Bengaluru City, was quoted by ANI as saying, “Siddhanth has tested positive for drugs and has been brought to the Ulsoor police station.”

Shakti Kapoor told the Hindustan Times newspaper, “I’m in Mumbai and I don’t know what is happening. I got to know [about the detention] from news channels only. All I know as of now is that there is no arrest and Siddhanth has only been detained.”

He added, “He is a DJ [disc jockey] and he plays at parties, and that’s what he was in Bengaluru for. I don’t know where all these reports are coming from!”

Siddhanth is known for his roles in Shootout at Wadala (2013) and Haseena Parker (2017), the latter of which starred his sister Shraddha Kapoor.