Shah Rukh’s Son, Aryan, Arrested In Drugs-On-Cruise Case
Shah Rukh Khan was seen leaving his home and heading for his lawyer’s office shortly before the arrest was confirmed
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s 23-year-old son Aryan Khan was arrested along with seven others on Sunday following a raid at a party on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai last night by the Narcotics Control Bureau or NCB.
Shah Rukh Khan was seen leaving his home and heading for his lawyer’s office shortly before the arrest was confirmed. Aryan Khan was also seen in a viral video on social media allegedly shot after the raids.
The high-profile raid yielded 13 grams of cocaine, 21 grams of charas, 22 pills of MDMA and 5 grams of MD in all, the NCB has said. The charges brought against Aryan Khan include purchase, possession and use of banned substances, it added. He was produced in court in the evening where the agency was granted custody of those arrested till Monday.
Aryan Khan’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde demanded bail, saying that he had been arrested only on the basis of chat messages. “Aryan had no ticket, no cabin or seat on board the cruise. He was there because he had been invited. He didn’t even have a boarding pass. Nothing has been found on him. He was arrested on the basis of chat only.”
Shah Rukh’s Son, Aryan, Arrested In Drugs-On-Cruise Case
Besides Aryan Khan, the NCB had earlier released the names of the seven people who had been detained for questioning from the ship – Munmun Dhamecha, Nupur Sarika, Ismeet Singh, Mohak Jaswal, Vikrant Chhoker, Gomit Chopra, Arbaaz Merchant.
