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Rapper Vedan, 8 others held with ganja
The New Indian Express Kottayam
|April 29, 2025
HIRAN Das Murali, popularly known as 'Rapper Vedan', was nabbed for possession of cannabis on Monday.
HIRAN Das Murali, popularly known as 'Rapper Vedan', was nabbed for possession of cannabis on Monday. The Hill Palace police nabbed Vedan, a native of Mulakunnathukavu in Thrissur, and eight members of his music band, with around 6g of ganja in a raid at his residence in Swas Flat in Kaniyampuzha, Tripunithura. Other items, including ₹9.5 lakh in cash, and several mobile phones, were also seized by the squad led by Hill Palace SHO L Yesudas.
This story is from the April 29, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kottayam.
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