Mumbai Drug Bust Case LIVE Updates: Former Attorney General of India (AGI) Mukul Rohatgi, who arrived in Mumbai on Monday, will appear for Aryan Khan as NCB gears up to oppose the bail plea of Shah Rukh Khan’s son in Bombay high court.
Mumbai Drug Bust Case LIVE Updates: A verbal duel began between NCP and BJP over Sameer Wankhede’s role in Mumbai drug bust case. While Nawab Malik announced that he will hand over a letter on the NCB official’s misdeeds’ to the agency head, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mohit Kamboj demanded claimed that the Maharashtra minister had written the letter himself to save his son-in-law, who was earlier arrested in a drugs case. A lawyer has also approached Mumbai police seeking criminal complaint against Malik for threatening a public officer.
Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who landed in Mumbai on Monday, will appear for Aryan Khan as the Bombay High Court hears his bail plea. Along with Rohatgi, senior advocates Ruby Singh Ahuja and Sandeep Kapur, partners of Karanjawala and Co, will also appear for the 23-year-old son of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan. Kapur is known for handling the case of Avantha Group promoter Gautam Thapar. The new team adds to the existing legal counsel comprising Amit Desai, Satish Manshinde, Anandini Fernandes and Rustom Mulla, Karanjawala and Co said in a statement.
SRK’s son had approached the HC for an urgent bail hearing after a special court under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act denied his plea on October 20, and later extended his judicial custody till October 30. A report in a national daily stated that Aryan’s bail plea has been listed at serial number 57 and that of Arbaaz Merchant has been listed at serial number 64. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) will oppose the bail of all accused in the case, including Aryan Khan, in the high court.
‘Threat to Sameer Wankhede’s Life, Won’t Tolerate’: Wife Kranti Redkar Lashes Out at Nawab Malik
Reiterating that there is no evidence of extortion against Sameer Wankhede, wife Kranti Redkar claimed that NCB official’s life is under threat.
Aryan Khan Not Just Consumer, Involved in Drug Trafficking: NCB to HC | The Narcotics Control Bureau opposed the bail plea filed by actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, who was arrested earlier this month in the cruise drugs seizure case, alleging the 23-year-old was not just a consumer of drugs, but also involved in illicit drug trafficking. The agency also claimed that Aryan Khan and a woman named Pooja Dadlani, Shah Rukh Khan’s manager, were tampering with the evidence and witnesses in the case in an attempt to derail the investigation.
“I have not called anyone today…If I have to question him, I will call him,” Gyaneshwar Singh, DDG Narcotics Control Bureau told ANI as Sameer Wankhede visited NCB office in Delhi today.
Sameer Wankhede in Delhi to Meet NCB Chief | Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede, who is heading the probe into Mumbai’s high profile drugs case, on Tuesday reached the head office here to meet chief S.N. Pradhan. The official reached Delhi Monday night to meet the Director General of NCB in connection with bribery allegations. According to reports, he may be questioned on the bribery allegations. When Wankhede reached the NCB office from second gate, some people had gathered there in his support.
Aryan has been in Arthur Road Jail for over three weeks now. The Bombay High Court will hear his bail plea today in the drugs-on-cruise matter. According to reports, Aryan’s bail plea has been listed at serial number 57 and that of Arbaaz Merchant, another accused in the same case, has been listed at serial number 64. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) will oppose the bails of all accused in the case, including Aryan, in the high court today.
Sameer Wankhede An Honest Officer: Kranti Redkar Wankhede | “Why should we go to court? Those leveling allegations against us should go to court. We are not ‘crorepatis’, we are simple people. Sameer is an honest officer. Many people wish that he should be removed,” Kranti Redkar Wankhede said.
My Husband is Not Wrong: Sameer Wankhede’s Wife | “Such letters have no merit…My husband is not wrong, we will not tolerate this,” Kranti Redkar Wankhede, actor and wife of NCB officer Sameer Wankhede said on Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik sharing a letter claiming fraud within Narcotics Control Bureau.
Aryan Khan Bail Plea Listed as Item 57 | The Aryan Khan bail plea has been listed as item 57 in Bombay High Court. The court was hearing item 22, as of 12pm, according to a report in Bar and Bench.
Aryan Khan Bail Hearing Today | The Bombay High Court will today hear the bail plea of Actor Shah Rukh Khan son’s Aryan Khan, who has been denied bail earlier, both by a Mumbai magistrate court and special anti-drugs court, after he was arrested on October 3 in connection with a drugs raid by Narcotics Control Bureau.
Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede reaches NCB office in Delhi, ANI reported.
New Officer for Aryan Khan Case? NCB Top Brass Mulls Change as Wankhede Faces Probe | The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) may transfer to a new officer the Mumbai cruise drugs case involving Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan amid a vigilance inquiry being ordered against top officer Sameer Wankhede, who has been at the receiving end of ire of several politicians, especially Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik. Top NCB sources told News18 that the issue of Wankhede as probe officer in the Aryan Khan case came up during a meeting of top agency officials on Monday.
Director Sanjay Gupta Slams Film Industry’s ‘Silence During Crisis’ | Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, known for making gangster movies like Kaante, Shootout at Lokhandwala and Mumabi Saga, has come out in support of Shah Rukh Khan. Sanjay slammed film industry’s silence during this “time of crisis”. He wrote on Twitter on Monday evening, ” Shah Rukh Khan has and continues to give jobs and livelihoods to thousands in the film industry. He has always stood up for every cause for the film industry. And the astute silence of the same film industry in his moment of crisis is nothing short of SHAMEFUL (sic).”
Terrible That SRK’s Son Has Gone Against Him: Rajit Kapur on Aryan Khan | Actor Rajit Kapur has termed the spotlight on superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan “unfortunate”, saying that the case reiterates that people in the film industry are held under “excruciating scrutiny.” Aryan is currently lodged at the Arthur Road prison in the case of seizure of banned drugs aboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast earlier this month. Kapur, known to star in films like “The Making of the Mahatma” and Basu Chatterjee’s TV series “Byomkesh Bakshi”, said the media trial of the Khan family is “extremely unfortunate.”
Aryan has been in Arthur Road Jail for over three weeks now. The Bombay High Court will hear his bail plea today in the drugs-on-cruise matter. According to reports, Aryan’s bail plea has been listed at serial number 57 and that of Arbaaz Merchant, another accused in the same case, has been listed at serial number 64. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) will oppose the bails of all accused in the case, including Aryan, in the high court today.
“I have seen the letter. We will take necessary action,” Mutha Ashok Jain, Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau in Mumbai told ANI on Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik sharing a letter claiming fraud within Narcotics Control Bureau.
