Mahajan's key aide Harish Sharma held

Sharma was arrested on charges of destruction of evidence at the late BJP leader's residence. Counterpoint | Pimps, fixers & tentwallahs

Harish Sharma, a key aide of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan was on Tuesday night arrested in the sensational Rahul Mahajan drug abuse case.

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Sharma was arrested on charges of destruction of evidence at the late BJP leader's residence in New Delhi where his son Rahul took ill after allegedly consuming drug, a senior police official said.

Ganesh, a member of Mahajan's household staff, was also arrested on charges of destruction of evidence.

The duo had allegedly cleaned Mahajan's residence after a late night party where champagne and drugs were consumed resulting in the illness of Rahul and death of Vivek Moitra, the late BJP leader's personal secretary.