Two of the four Mumbai youths arrested in Dubai on charges of consupmtion and possession of drugs have tested positive. According to Gulf News reports, Farhan Azmi, son of Mumbai Samajwadi Party president Abu Asim Azmi and Prasad Diwadkar have reportedly tested positive while Shaan Uttamsingh — grandson of G.P. Sippy — and car designer Dilip Chhabria’s son Bonito, have been cleared of all charges. •In UAE, four-year sentences can be applied to anyone whose urine tests positive •Smuggling and trafficking drugs is punishable by death Speaking to The Indian Express from Dubai, Bonito said: ‘‘The public prosecutors here had cleared me of all charges day before yesterday. The results toke some time, otherwise I would have been free sooner.’’Bonito, along with friends Farhan, Prasad Diwadkar (wrongly identified as Prasad Dandekar earlier) and Shaan Uttamsingh, was arrested in Dubai for alleged possession and consumption of drugs. The four were picked up during a raid at the Imperial Suites Hotel.‘‘My son had called me several times saying that he was innocent and a victim of bad company,’’ said Abu Asim Azmi, Farhan’s father. ‘‘A few doctors said that even if you sit next to a drugs user, your blood sample may test positive.’’Speaking about events preceding their arrest, Bonito said that he and his friends had taken an apartment at the Imperial Suites on October 23. ‘‘Around mid-morning the next day, the Dubai Police conducted a raid. We were all searched and questioned,’’ he said. The police conducted a urine test. ‘‘That was found negative and I was told I would be free,’’ he said.(With Ahmed Ali)
