Shiv Sena Leader Moves SC To Probe NCB, Says Aryan Khan's Fundamental Rights Violated

Amidst the controversy surrounding Shah Rukh Khan¡¯s son Aryan Khan, a senior Shiv Sena leader urged the Supreme Court to order a probe by a sitting judge of the apex court into the affairs of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and violation of fundamental rights of Aryan Khan.

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Making the plea under Article 32 of the Constitution, Kishore Tiwari, accorded the Minister of State (MoS) status, has urged Chief Justice N.V. Ramana¡¯s ¡®top priority intervention into how the ¡®biased¡¯ NCB is ¡®hounding¡¯ film personalities, models, and other celebs for nearly two years with ¡®malafide motives.¡¯

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He claims that under Article 32, the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of India (CJI) are duty-bound to take cognizance of every matter about the violation of the fundamental rights, as guaranteed under Part III of the Indian Constitution NCB is flouting.

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Referring to the Special NDPS Court (Mumbai) deferring the verdict in the bail plea of Aryan and other accused until October 20, while citing public holidays, the plea said this has subjected the accused ¡°to big humiliation and kept in jail in an undemocratic and illegal way¡± for 17 nights.

Accusing the NCB and its officials of ¡®vendetta¡¯ by targeting select celebs, Tiwari demanded a probe into the role of the central narcotics agency.

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He also demanded answers on Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede, whose wife is a well-known Marathi filmstar, in direct competition with the other stars and celebs being hounded.

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Slyly targeting Wankhede, the plea said the officer¡¯s wife is trying to make big in Bollywood, and that¡¯s why only leading names in the film industry, their families, national-international models, producers-directors are brought under the NCB lens.

¡°Starting with the probe into the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, the probe has been ¡®diverted in an unrelated direction¡¯ ... The alleged NCB seizures are ¡®minuscule jokes¡¯ compared to the Mumbai Police achievements, or the DRI which last month seized 3000-kgs drugs from Mundra Port in Gujarat,¡± Tiwari said in the plea.

When the law has been settled by the country's highest court, the NCB and the Special NDPS Court have ¡°failed to give due regards¡± by depriving Aryan and others of bail, which could be done right away, even on public holidays. Thus there is ¡®total miscarriage of justice.

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¡°With the recent shocking exposure on NCB by Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik, its high time the NCB Mumbai and all-India must be probed by an SC judge to unravel the rackets and the truth...It¡¯s a fit case for immediate intervention by the SC,¡± Tiwari demanded, among other things.

Contending the NCB¡¯s grudge and autocratic style is even more glaring, the Sena leader added that no contraband drugs were recovered from Aryan.

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There was no medical examination proving consumption, etc., yet he has been shunted into different types of custody since October 3.

Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan have been distressed with Aryan Khan's arrest.

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The couple is in ¡®disbelief¡¯ over Aryan Khan¡¯s arrest, feel it¡¯s ¡®more than a legal matter'. A Bollywood life report quoted their family friend who said,

¡°It¡¯s not just about the bail. It¡¯s much more than that. Shah Rukh Khan has never felt more cornered and defeated. In fact, he and Gauri Khan are yet to wrap their heads around what has happened. One day Aryan Khan was with them. The next day he is behind bars for allegedly breaking narcotics laws.¡±

After the NCB swooped on a luxury cruise ship to bust an alleged rave party on October 2, Aryan, along with seven others, were detained, arrested on October 3.

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All arrested have remained in NCB and judicial custody for the past 17 days, with their bail order likely be delivered by Special Judge V.V. Patil on Wednesday (October 20).

(With IANS inputs)