Aryan Khan Skips NCB Summons Citing Fever, Arbaaz Merchant-Achit Kumar Quizzed For Over 9 Hours

Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, was summoned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) probing the drugs case.

Aryan skipped the summons for questioning, citing fever, an official told PTI.

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"But he did not appear before the SIT officials citing fever," PTI said, quoting sources.

However, fulfilling his bail conditions, Aryan had visited the NCB's office in Mumbai on Friday and marked his weekly presence. This also marked his first visit to the NCB office since his release from Mumbai's Arthur Road jail.

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The SIT, headed by the NCB's senior officer Sanjay Kumar Singh, reached Mumbai on Saturday, a day after the anti-drugs agency transferred around six cases, including the drugs-on-cruise case, to it for investigation.

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According to a report, the agency quizzed two others, Arbaaz Merchant and Achit Kumar, in the matter for over nine hours.

Merchant and Kumar, who were arrested last month and are currently out on bail, arrived at the NCB office in south Mumbai on Sunday separately around 11:30 am-12 noon. They left the premises at 9 pm, PTI reported.

The NCB had arrested Aryan and at least 19 others in the cruise drugs case on October 2 after a raid was conducted on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast on its way to Goa.

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Aryan Khan was released on bail on October 30 after spending over three weeks in custody.

In its bail order, the high court had said that Aryan, Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha would have to surrender their passports before the NDPS court and not leave India without permission from the special court.

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The bail conditions also require them to mark their attendance at the NCB office each Friday between 11 am and 2 pm.