Mumbai:
Anti-drug agency Narcotics Control Bureau told a court that Aryan Khan, 23-year-old son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, who was arrested last evening in a cruise ship drugs case, will have to remain in custody for a longer period. Today. The agency said they need to keep him in custody till October 11 for questioning.
“Unless we investigate the consumer, how do we know who the supplier is, who is financing it?” The agency told the court that an international cartel was clearly involved in the case. The Bombay High Court has held that all offenses under the NDPS are non-bailable, their counsel argued.
Aryan Khan argued that he was a special invitee to the cruise ship and “cannot be taken with full confiscation in the case”.
Senior advocate Satish Manshinde, appearing for Aryan Khan, said, “They say that they have got phone conversations which lead them to the international drug trade. Throughout my stay I was not involved in any drug use “
He said investigators searched Aryan Khan’s bag and found nothing. “He found something on his friend Arbaaz Merchant. He found 6 grams which is a small quantity. The other seizures were not from any of them and with whom he has nothing to do,” Mr. Manshinde said.
The agency said Aryan Khan – who was allegedly shot after the raid in a viral video on social media – has been charged with the purchase, possession and use of banned substances.
The high-profile drug raid that led to his arrest from a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai – where a rave party was apparently underway – found 13 grams of cocaine, 21 grams of charas, 22 pills of MDMA and 5 grams. MD, Narcotics Control Bureau has said.
The drugs were recovered from the suspects, who hid them in their clothes, undergarments and purse, according to a report by news agency Press Trust of India quoting an unidentified official of the Narcotics Control Bureau. Apart from Aryan Khan, seven others were arrested after the drugs control team boarded the Goa-bound ship disguised as passengers. According to officials, the party started after the ship left Mumbai.
Initially eight people – Aryan Khan, Munmun Dhamecha, Nupur Sarika, Ismeet Singh, Mohk Jaswal, Vikrant Chhokar, Gomit Chopra and Arbaaz Merchant – were taken for questioning and later formally arrested.
The agency’s counsel told the court today that some more arrests were made this morning.
The agency’s counsel told the court, “The link in the form of chat etc. shows involvement of international cartel. It is a group of individuals like a gang.”
He said, “We have also raided the supplier and found commercial quantity at his Juhu residence. We have found some code names in his chat and we have to decode it. There are links to bank and cash transfer which we need to verify. the wanted.” He said the agency needed to “decode the plot”.
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