Mamta Kulkarni on her connection with drug lord Vicky Goswami: ‘He called me when he was jailed in Dubai…’

Mamta Kulkarni talked about coming back to Mumbai and her connection with drug lord Vicky Goswami.

By: ANI

New Delhi | December 21, 2024 04:13 PM IST

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Mamta Kulkarni on her connection with drug lord Vicky Goswami

Actor Mamta Kulkarni talked about coming back to Mumbai after 25 years and her relations with Vicky Goswami. In a conversation with ANI, she said, “I have not come back for Bollywood and I am not planning to make a return as an actress.”

Addressing her connection with Vicky Goswami, she added, “I have no connection with D(drug) world as I never met these people. Yes, I got connected with Vicky Goswami… In 1996m my spiritual journey started and a guru came into my life during that time. Vicky called me when he was in jail in Dubai to come and meet him, and I when met him… I spent 12 years… ‘Mai dhayn tap aur puja path iss mein agarasar ho gayi‘ and when he came out of jail in 2012, my all desires were finished by that time. Either to fall in love or get married, nothing was left. He came out of jail and I had decided until he would come out, I won’t go back to India. Then, he went to Kenya and I came to India for Kumbh mela in around 2012-2013. I went straight to Allahabad (now Prayagraj) from Dubai for ten days and then went back to Dubai.”

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In 2017, Thane Police issued a non-bailable warrant against Mamta Kulkarni and drug lord Vicky Goswami in connection with a drug haul case. The name of the duo surfaced in connection based on which a chargesheet was filed. In January, Goswami, Ibrahim and Baktash Akasha as well as Gulam Hussein were extradited from Kenya to the US. All of them were arrested in November 2014 in a sting operation by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) who was posing as Colombian drug dealers.

“Vicky went back to Kenya, and once or twice I went to meet him and came back to Dubai. He had already been accused in Kenya and I was not with him during that time, 2016-2024 se apne liye tapsaya kiya,” she continued, “Now I am not in touch with him, I last contacted him in 2016.”

Meanwhile, she recently took to her Instagram account to share that she has finally landed in Mumbai. In the video, Mamta expressed her feelings of nostalgia and emotion as she revisited her homeland. The actor shared that her journey out of India began in 2000, and now in 2024, she was finally back. For the unknown, Mamta Kulkarni gained fame in the 1990s with her performances in hit films like Karan Arjun and Baazi. However, in the early 2000s, she stepped away from Bollywood and moved abroad, leading a life away from the limelight.

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