Aryan Khan drug case: Legal consultant argues ‘why thousand others on the ship weren’t arrested’; Report

Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is shipped to judicial custody until October 7 within the alleged drug case filed towards him by the Narcotics Control Bureau. Now, in a brand new improvement, in the course of the judicial listening to of the case, when NCB questioned Aryan’s presence on the ship, his authorized consultant argued why thousand others on the ship weren’t arrested.

According to ETimes, the drug controlling company was represented by Additional Solicitor General, Anil C Singh together with counsel Advait M Sethna. On the opposite hand, Shah Rukh Khan’s son was represented by lawyer Satish Maneshinde. During the listening to, Aryan”s lawyer mentioned, “There is nothing to establish my connection with people on the ship.” To this the ASG reportedly questioned “Why was he (Aryan) present on the ship. The report further suggests that once the question was out, advocate Taraq Sayed said “1300 people were on the ship. It is not even their case that No. 1 (Aryan Khan) was distributing.”

In the ultimate verdict, Aryan Khan and the opposite two accused particularly Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha have been all remanded to additional custody. Earlier within the day, one other report from the every day additionally recommended that NCB Zonal director, Sameer Wankhede mentioned, “We asked for custody of Aryan Khan because there’s still a lot more left to investigate in the case. A lot of new arrests have happened, where we have caught drug peddlers who used to supply illegal substances to parties. During these arrests we’ve found links to the dark web and Bitcoin as well. We have recovered drugs in commercial quantities. The quantum of the case has become more serious, therefore we need to investigate further.” 

When requested if Aryan’s title has cropped up within the new hyperlinks of the case, he added, “I can not make any claims prematurely. I have to first examine and as soon as we conclude our investigations, we’ll be capable to deal with these issues. That’s exactly why we requested the honourable courtroom for custody and the courtroom granted us 4 days’ custody.” During the bail plea listening to, NCB had sought their custody until 11 October for offences underneath part 8(c), 20(b), 27, 28, 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

ALSO READ| Cruise Drugs Raid: Shreyas Nair, linked to Aryan Khan, arrested by NCB for allegedly supplying drugs