Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan arrived at Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail this morning to meet his son Aryan Khan for the first time since he was arrested in a drugs-on-cruise case on October 3. Aryan’s bail has been rejected twice by the NDPS court. . Aryan Khan is in jail for 19 days in an alleged drug case. The 23-year-old star kid was denied bail by a special court on Wednesday.
Shah Rukh Khan’s jail visit comes on a day when the Maharashtra government has relaxed prison travel rules amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier, no outsider was allowed to meet the prisoners in the jail. The rules now say that two family members can visit a prisoner. Earlier, Shah Rukh and his wife Gauri Khan had a video call with Aryan last week.
In a major setback to Aryan Khan, a special NDPS court in Mumbai on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son. Judge VV Patil also dismissed the bail applications of two other accused Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha in the drug case registered by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).
Meanwhile, Aryan Khan’s lawyers moved the Bombay High Court on Wednesday after a special NDPS court denied bail to the star kid. His bail plea is likely to be heard by a single bench of Justice NW Sambre today.
Aryan Khan, Merchant and Dhamecha, along with five others were detained on October 2, and after their arrest on October 3, the NCB raided the luxury ship preparing to embark on a Mumbai-Goa cruise.
Initially, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate RM Nerlikar remanded him to one day’s custody, which was later extended till October 7 and later remanded to judicial custody for 14 days and the matter was referred to a special NDPS court. was transferred to. Later, their lawyers moved the special court for bail, which was rejected after several days of hearing, with NCB’s counsel, Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh strongly opposing the bail of the accused.
Among other things, the NDPS accused Aryan Khan of being a regular consumer of drugs, drug dealing and international links, etc., as evident from his WhatsApp chats.
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