Malayalam filmmakers Khalid Rahman, Ashraf Hamza, and one other caught with hybrid ganja
Updated On: 27 April, 2025 05:59 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Khalid Rahman, known for directing films like Alappuzha Gymkhana, Thallumala, along with Ashraf Hamza (director of Thamasha) and one other got caught in a drug raid in Kochi

Khalid Rahman and Ashraf Hamza
In a late-night raid in Kochi, Kerala, the Excise Department arrested three individuals, two of whom are noted directors, for possession of hybrid ganja. Filmmakers Khalid Rahman and Ashraf Hamza, along with a third person named Shalif Mohammed, were taken into custody following a raid conducted around 2 AM.
Malayalam filmmakers arrested
The Excise Department found 1.6 grams of hybrid ganja in possession of the accused. The trio was later released on station bail, reports state.
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