Hyderabad: Actor Ravi Teja's driver Srinivas Rao on Saturday appeared before the SIT in connection with a high-end online drug racket busted by the Telangana Prohibition and Excise Department. The driver was among the 12 personalities, including directors and actors from the film industry, summoned by the SIT which is questioning several people as part of cases registered in connection with the racket.

On Friday, the SIT grilled Mass Maharaja for about 10 hours in connection with the case. The actor has acted in several movies directed by Puri Jagannadh, who was the first person from the film industry to be recently questioned. Since July 19, the SIT has questioned cinematographer Shyam K Naidu, actors Subba Raju, Tarun Kumar and Navdeep, actresses Charmi Kaur and Mumaith Khan, and art director Dharma Rao alias Chinna.

On Friday, the SIT grilled Mass Maharaja for about 10 hours in connection with the case

The investigators suspect that film personalities, employees of MNCs, school and college students were among the clients. The racketeers placed orders through Darknet (a restricted online network frequently used in illegal activities) and the drugs were delivered by couriers, including from overseas, the officials had said.