Mumbai Drug Bust: Shah Rukh Khan's Son Aryan Khan's WhatsApp Chats Being Examined, Claim Sources
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan, is among those being questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) over a drug seizure on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast on Saturday night.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan, is among those being questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) over a drug seizure on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast on Saturday night. Multiple sources have confirmed the news.
The agency's sleuths are currently questioning Aryan Khan, but no official statement has been issued.
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¡°He was on the cruise ship where the agency raided in the night and busted a rave party,¡± NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede said.
#WATCH | Three women, all residents of Delhi, have been brought to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office in Mumbai for questioning in connection with the raid on a rave party at a cruise off the Mumbai coast yesterday pic.twitter.com/DHfd4HL74n
¡ª ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2021
A statement from the NCB, released on Sunday, reads,
"Based on specific information, the officials of NCB Mumbai conducted a raid on Cordelia cruise which was bound from Mumbai to Goa on 02.10.2021. During the operation, all suspects as per the information were searched various drugs like MDMA/ Ecstasy, Cocaine, MD (Mephedrone) and charas has been recovered."
The statement added that eight people, including two females, have been apprehended, and their role is being investigated. NCB Mumbai has registered a case under Cr 94/21 in the matter.
#WATCH | Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) detained at least 10 persons during a raid conducted at a party being held on a cruise in Mumbai yesterday
¡ª ANI (@ANI) October 2, 2021
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Further investigation is underway in the case. Aryan Khan has been detained by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the case of drugs being seized from the cruise ship.
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Apart from being questioned, his WhatsApp chats are being examined, and multiple top sources confirmed this to News18.
If his involvement gets confirmed, Khan could be charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
NCB sends summons to the organizers of the rave party at a cruise off Mumbai coast, asking them to appear before it at 11 pm today: NCB
¡ª ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2021
A total of 13 people including 3 women have been taken into custody after a raid at the party yesterday
However, Aryan Khan has not been booked on any charges and has not been arrested so far, said Sameer Wankhede, Zonal Director of NCB. Crew members, several event organizers, and some foreign nationals are also under NCB's scanner.
Eight persons -- Aryaan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha, Nupur Sarika, Ismeet Singh, Mohak Jaswal, Vikrant Chhoker, Gomit Chopra -- are being questioned in connection with the raid at an alleged rave party at a cruise off Mumbai coast: NCB Mumbai Director Sameer Wankhede pic.twitter.com/KauOH2ULts
¡ª ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2021
It¡¯s a result of a painstaking investigation that went on for two weeks. We acted on specific intelligence inputs, involvement of some Bollywood links has come to light: NCB chief SN Pradhan to ANI
¡ª ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2021
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A Delhi-based event company has organized the parties on passenger cruises on October 2, 3, and 4. The cruise ship was scheduled to go to Goa on Saturday night and return to Mumbai by Monday.
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Shah Rukh Khan's PR team hasn't released any statement on the matter yet.
