India, Oct. 4 -- A special MCOCA court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of Asad Hasan Dehluj in the Rs.115-crore Satara mephedrone (MD) manufacturing and trafficking case, holding that a co-accused's statement and other material prima facie linked him to the alleged organised narcotics operation, even though no contraband was recovered from him.

Special Judge N R Pradhan relied on the confession of co-accused Vishal More, who allegedly told investigators that Dehluj had purchased 100 grams of MD for Rs.85,000, helped search for the drug's seller and later looked for a place to manufacture the drug on the instructions of alleged gang leader Faiyaz Shaikh.

The court said this showed Dehluj "was engaged in the activities of large scale N...