Aryan Khan and five others got clean chit from Narcotics Control Bureau on Friday.
Drugs-on-cruise case: The Narcotics Control Bureau has given a green signal to Aryan Khan and five others, who were arrested last year for busting drugs in this case. Last year, Aryan Khan had to spend 22 days in jail after his arrest.
NCB officials said Aryan Khan and five others were not named in the agency’s chargesheet due to “lack of sufficient evidence”. The NCB SIT found “serious irregularities” and gaps in the probe, officials said, adding that the agency’s first team that arrested Aryan did not follow rules such as mandatory medical examination of the accused, video recording of raids and verification of evidence for WhatsApp chats did. ,
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NCB Director General SN Pradhan told reporters in Delhi that there were “flaws” in the probe and the accused’s WhatsApp chats did not have “material verifiable evidence” to prove the charges in court. The NCB on Friday filed a nearly 6,000-page chargesheet against 14 accused in the case in a Mumbai court but did not charge six, including Aryan Khan, for want of sufficient evidence.
Poor investigation: Center orders action against Sameer Wankhede
The government ordered action against former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede for his alleged “shoddy” work during the probe into the ‘drugs-on-cruise’ case. He said that appropriate action is also being taken against Wankhede for giving fake caste certificate. Wankhede is an Indian Revenue Service officer and the Ministry of Finance is the nodal authority to take action against him. Sources said the government has asked the competent authority to take appropriate action for their alleged “shoddy” probe into the Wankhede ‘drugs-on-cruise’ case. Wankhede was then the Mumbai zonal director of NCB and handled the preliminary investigation after a drug raid on a cruise.
how it came out
Truth has won: Mukut Rohatgi
Aryan Khan’s lawyer Mukul Rohatgi said that truth has won. He said, “I am relieved, and my client will be including Shah Rukh Khan. Truth has prevailed. After all, there was no material to accuse or arrest this young man (Aryan Khan).” NCB admitted their mistake and felt that there was no reason to proceed against Aryan Khan, he told a TV channel, “I am greatly relieved and I am sure that the youth and his father are equally relieved. Got it,” he said.
Who is responsible for Aryan’s trauma: NCP
Appreciating the clean chit given by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in the ‘drugs on cruise’ case, Maharashtra’s ruling NCP on Friday asked who would be held responsible for the blow. he suffered. It also said that the then zonal director of NCB Samir Wankhede was accountable to the people of this country.
Ally Congress alleged that the entire affair was part of a “big conspiracy” to topple the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, in which it shares power with the Shiv Sena and the NCP. The NCB on Friday gave clean chit to Aryan Khan in the October 2021 ‘drugs on cruise’ case in which he was arrested last year. NCB officials, who filed the chargesheet in a Mumbai court, said Aryan Khan and five others were not named due to “lack of sufficient evidence”.
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