Hyderabad: As part of the probe into drug scandal the special investigation team of Prohibition and Excise (P & E) department yesterday questioned the noted cinematographer Shyam K. Naidu for nearly five and a half hours.
He was the second prominent person from the Telugu film industry, after noted director Puri Jagannath, to be grilled about his alleged links with a drug peddler Calvin.
According to the sources in the P & E department Shyam Naidu was also asked whether he was doing the drugs and source of securing the same. “Did you get them directly from Calvin or through a middleman?,” he was asked.
Links with Calvin
Sources said that he was also questioned about others in the Tollywood industry and their links with Calvin. While his replies to questions about himself were satisfactory he was not convincing in his answers about others, sources said.
Meanwhile Puri Jagannath, who was grilled by the officials yesterday for nine hours, denied any links with Calvin and denied having ever met the drug peddler.
