After Kalina and Pune FSLs, CFSL in Hyderabad says the substance seized from dismissed cop Kalokhe’s house is monosodium glutamate, not mephedrone.The narcotics case against dismissed Head Constable Dharmaraj Kalokhe and five other policemen is collapsing like a pack of cards, and the Mumbai Crime Branch and the Satara Police may have a lot to answer for.Five months after the Forensic Science Laboratories (FSL) in Kalina and Pune reported in June that the substance seized from Kalokhe’s residence and his cupboard in Marine Drive Police Station was not mephedrone but monosodium glutamate (MSG), commonly known as ajinomoto, the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Hyderabad recently confirmed the two FSLs’ findings.The Satara Police had moved court, demanding that the substance seized from Kalokhe’s house be sent to the CFSL in Hyderabad for a retest.“The CFSL report was received by the Satara Police a couple of weeks ago. It says the substance is monosodium glutamate. The report hasn’t been submitted before the court,” a Satara Police source said.Deputy Superintendent of Police (Satara) Ramesh Humbre, and the Satara Superintendent of Police, Abhinav Dehsmukh, did not respond to calls and messages, while the Crime Branch officers refused to comment.The Crime Branch claimed that Kalokhe’s arrest on March 9 had blown a lid off one of the biggest drug nexuses in the city. The cops alleged that Kalokhe was romantically involved with Shashikala Patankar alias Baby – the biggest drug mafia queen in the city – and more than 100 kg of mephedrone (also called Meow-Meow) was found in his house in a village in Satara district.Another 12 kg mephedrone was recovered from his locker inside the police station, the police alleged, and Patankar was arrested after being on the run for more than 40 days.On May 29, the Crime Branch arrested Senior Inspector Suhas Gokhale, Inspector Gautam Gaikwad, Subinspector Sudhakar Sarang, Assistant sub-inspector Jyotiram Mane and Head Constable Yeshwant Parate in connection with the drug seizure case involving Kalokhe.According to a document procured by the defence lawyers, the substance seized from Kalokhe’s locker was sent to the Forensic Sciences Laboratory in Kalina three days after it was seized on March 9, and a report was received on April 8, saying the material was monosodium glutamate. Mumbai Mirror had reported on June 24 that Senior Inspector Gokhale’s family had said that the cop was “being framed for being honest”.“My father, who fought against mephedrone and made it illegal during his tenure at the Anti-Narcotics Cell, was rewarded in this unique manner by the police force and the Maharashtra government. His fault? He was one idiot who was upright and served honestly for 30 years,” Gokhale’s son had posted on Facebook.On Friday, Gokhale’s son, Saket, said that he had full faith in judiciary. “I’ve just learnt about the CFSL report. I’m unable to understand why the state government and the Mumbai Crime Branch initiated this witch-hunt against my father by arresting him on the eve of his retirement.”Kalokhe’s advocate, Jayesh Wani, said that the CFSL report has “proved beyond any doubt” that there was no case against the cop. Alleging that Kalokhe was being framed, he said, “After the FSLs ruled that the substance was monosodium glutamate, the Mumbai Police said that they have searched Kalokhe’s locker a second time and found 2 gm charas and an Aadhar Card with photograph of Kalokhe but details of Patankar’s husband on it. It needs to be investigated as to why charas and the Aadhar Card weren’t found during an earlier search.”