Superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s eldest son Aryan Khan was arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office on October 3 after a raid was conducted at an ongoing rave party on Cordelia Cruises’ Empress ship in Mumbai. On October 2, he was detained at the NCB office for questioning in the drug bust case, and reportedly, his phone has been seized. After hours of questioning, he was arrested under sections 20 (b), 27, 28 & 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Along with Aryan Khan, Arbaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha were arrested as well. Later, Nupur Satija, Ishmeet Singh Chadha, Mohak jaiswal, Gomit Chopra and Vikrant Chhokar were also arrested.
NCB released an official statement that read, “In a further development in Cr 94/21, the three accused namely Aryan Khan, Arbaz Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha were arrested today on 03-10-2021 u/s 8 (c) r/w section 20 (b), 27, 28 & 29 of NDPS Act and were produced before the honorable holiday court today after their medical.”
The statement further read, “The honorable court granted 1 day NCB custody of the three accused. They will be produced again before the honorable court tomorrow for their judicial custody. Further, remaining 5 accused namely Nupur Satija, Ishmeet Singh Chadha, Mohak jaiswal, Gomit Chopra and Vikrant Chhokar were arrested later today and will be produced before the honorable ACMM Court tomorrow after their medical.”
Aryan Khan, and others were present before Killa court on October 3rd evening. The young starkid was represented by senior advocate Satish Manshinde. As per reports, NCB Counsel agreed the offences are available and sought for remand until October 5. The court ordered Aryan Khan, Arbaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha one-day custody.
Speaking to ETimes, Sameer Wankhede, NCB, Zonal Director, revealed, “We have apprehended one peddler from the supply chain of this group of youngsters, who had made a booking together for the event. We are investigating his links with the accused. That’s been new detention from our department. We found some drugs in his possession, too.”