SRK’S son Aryan held for ‘buying, consuming and selling drugs’
MUMBAI: In a sensational development, Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood mega-star Shah Rukh Khan and producer Gauri, was on Sunday arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on charges of consumption, sale, and purchase of narcotics drugs.
Besides Aryan, two others have also been arrested in connection with the dramatic busting of a rave party aboard a luxury cruise ship by the NCB on Saturday-sunday.
The NCB, in its arrest note, said that Aryan Khan was being arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act for his “involvement in the consumption, sale and purchase of contraband” (drugs) along with other known and unknown persons.
The arrest was made in connection with the seizure of 13 gms cocaine, 5 gms MD, 21 gms charas, and 22 pills of MDMA, totally worth Rs1,33,000 from him.
Aryan Khan, 23, said that he understood the grounds of his arrest and informed his family of the same before he was whisked off and produced before the Esplanade Magistrate Court late on Sunday evening.
The star son and two others - who were among eight, including two girls - were detained by the NCB since morning and this evening, Aryan Khan and a couple of others were placed under arrest.
The action came ater the NCB’S swoop on Saturday evening aboard the Cordelia Cruises deluxe ship as it was preparing for a scheduled Mumbai-goa voyage, shocking people, especially in the entertainment industry.
Hours ater their arrest, Aryan and two others nabbed - Munmun Dhamecha and Arbaaz Merchant - were produced before the Esplanade Magistrate Court, amid tight security, late on Sunday and sent to the NCB’S custody for one day till Monday, a prosecution lawyer told media persons.
The others who remain under the NCB’S detention include: Nupur Sarika, Ismeet Singh, Mohak Jaswal, Vikrant Chhoker and Gomit Chopra, and it is not clear what course of action the agency will adopt for them.
The legal team of the accused trio, including Aryan Khan’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde, plan to move the Bombay High Court on Monday in the mater.
Hours ater the Narcotics Control Bureau bust a rave party aboard a luxury vessel, Cordelia Cruises, the company on Sunday gave clear indications that it may take action against those responsible for sullying its image and reputation.
According to Jurgen Bailom, the CEO and President, Waterways Leisure Tourism Pvt. Ltd., which runs Cordelia Cruises, the company will now decide its further course of action based on “the directions” from the NCB.