India, April 18 -- Police have demolished a 10,000 sq ft illegal property linked to an alleged drug peddler in Vikhroli, in what police described as part of a wider crackdown following the NESCO overdose case. The razed premises in Tagore Nagar included the accused's residence, a gym and multiple commercial units, police said.

According to police, the accused, Mohammad Tasvar Yasin Qureshi alias Tasu, 48, had already been externed for 18 months from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane.

Qureshi allegedly faces multiple cases, of which two are under the Maharashtra Prevention of Gambling Act, three are related to rioting and unlawful assembly, two are under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, and one molestation case.

"The case...