Actor Shah Rukh Khan meets his son Aryan in Mumbai jail
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Thursday met his son Aryan Khan at the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai where the latter has been lodged following his arrest in a case of seizure of drugs on board a cruise ship off the city coast, an official said.
Shah Rukh Khan met his son for about 15 to 20 minutes, a prison official said, adding that there was a glass fencing between them and they spoke on the intercom. Four guards were present along with them during their conversation, he said.
The actor was allowed to meet his son, as per the prison manual, like any other family member of a prisoner and no special treatment was given to him, the official said.
A large number of mediapersons and local residents had gathered outside the prison when the actor arrived. Heavy police security was also deployed outside the jail premises.
Aryan Khan, 23, was arrested with
a few others on October 3 after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raided a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and claimed to have seized drugs, including charas.
A special court here on Wednesday
denied bail to Aryan Khan, observing that ‘on the face of it’, he was indulging in “illicit drug activities on a regular basis”.
His Whatsapp chats also showed, prima facie, that he was in touch with drug peddlers, the court noted.
Aryan Khan subsequently moved the Bombay High Court to challenge the lower court’s order. The HC on Thursday said it would hear his bail plea on October 26.
Meanwhile, a team of the NCB’S Mumbai zonal unit visited Shah Rukh Khan’s residence ‘Mannat’ in suburban Bandra on Wednesday afternoon for seeking from him certain material related to the investigation, the official said. Another team of the NCB visited actor Ananya Panday’s residence in Bandra, sources said.
Later, Ananya Panday and her father Chunky Panday appeared before the NCB in Mumbai to record their statement.