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Did the NCB selectively target Aryan Khan in drugs-on-cruise case? What the enquiry report reveals A new enquiry by the vigilance team of the Narcotics Control Bureau has revealed several ‘procedural irregularities’ in the Aryan Khan drugs case. It has also flagged the role of seven to eight officers and requested strict against them Ranbir Kapoor to make a cameo in Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan's web show Stardom? 'Hum dinner leke aagaye': Swiggy employees show up at SRK’s Mannat; here's why What the report reveals Gyaneshwar Singh, NCB, deputy director general, who heads the vigilance inquiry team, has submitted a 3,000-page report in the wake of the Cordelia ‘drug bust’ case to NCB director general Satya Narayan Pradhan. According to reported information, there were “irregularities” in the investigation into the drugs-on-cruise case, involving Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan and also found that “selective treatment” was meted out when it came to naming some persons as accused in the case. “The role of seven to eight NCB officers has been found to be suspicious in this case, for which departmental inquiry has been initiated. Permission has been sought from senior officers to take action against those who are outside NCB,” an official said. The report also suggested that the federal drug agency needed to formulate an official media policy, taking note of how information regarding the cruise drug case had been provided to the media. It has been revealed that during the A...

• • • • Mumbai cruise drug bust case: Aryan Khan remains in jail, court reserves order on bail plea for Oct 20 Mumbai cruise drug bust case: Aryan Khan remains in jail, court reserves order on bail plea for Oct 20 During the hearing, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) stated that Khan was a regular consumer of contraband for last few years. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan will remain in jail after a special court in Mumbai on Thursday reserved its order on his bail plea. Aryan Khan was arrested in connection with the seizure of banned drugs, on board a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. The court is likely to pronounce the order on the bail pleas on October 20. Read | Stating that the international convention has taken a decision that all the countries should take drug trafficking and drugs abuse seriously because it is affecting society, the nation and the world, NCB’s counsel Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh said he doesn’t agree with the argument that involvement of kids can be a reason for consideration for granting bail. “Drugs are also affecting youngsters, college students. Argument was advanced that these are young boys, they are kids. And that may be one of the considerations for granting bail. I don’t agree with this. You are our future generation. The entire country will be dependent on this generation. This is not what our freedom fighters had in mind,” he said in court. Desai, appearing for Aryan Khan, however, referred to the natio...

The Sameer Wankhede(HT File Photo) Wankhede, whose interim protection from arrest in the CBI's case of extortion and bribery against him was on Thursday extended by the HC till June 23, in his rejoinder affidavit claimed the SET has "twisted facts and labelled false allegations to jeopardise the career and character of honest officials". The affidavit also claimed the SET sought to give a clean chit to Aryan Khan by suppressing material information and evidences in violation of legal provisions. Wankhede filed the rejoinder affidavit in his petition seeking to quash the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) case registered against him on charges of extortion and bribery. The ₹25 crore bribe from actor A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and S G Dige on Thursday posted Wankhede's petition for hearing on June 23. The HC also extended till then the earlier order of the court granting interim protection to Wankhede from arrest in the case. The READ | "The entire endeavour of the SET was to create doubts regarding the Cordelia cruise case in order to meet their ultimate motive of giving Aryan Khan a clean chit," Wankhede claimed. The rejoinder also alleged the SET report was biased and prepared just to "wreak vengeance" on Wankhede as his superior Gyaneshwar Singh, the deputy director general of NCB, had personal vendetta against him. Wankhede claimed that in August 2022, he lodged a complaint against Singh for committing "serious caste-based atrocities". Justifying the ...

Aryan Khan, the son of Shah Rukh Khan was denied bail by a special court in Mumbai on October 20, Wednesday, in the cruise drug party case. The decision of the court has created a stir on social media, where the netizens have been divided into two groups. While some are against the court's decision to reject Aryan Khan's bail application, some others are applauding it. Check out the key observations made by the court here: • Aryan Khan's WhatsApp chat records prima facie revealed that he was involved in illicit drug activities on a regular basis. Therefore, it cannot be said that he was not likely to commit a similar offense if released on bail. • The star kid knew that his friend and co-accused Arbaaz Merchant was in possession of drugs. Hence, there was conscious possession, even though the Narcotics Control Bureau team had not found any drugs on Aryan Khan himself. • In the order, the judge stated that this is not a fit case for granting bail, considering the prima facie involvement of Aryan Khan, and the other two accused in the serious offence. • The court noted that the case papers and statements disclosed that Aryan Khan and Arbaaz Merchant possessed drugs for consumption and enjoyment. • It is proved that Aryan Khan had knowledge of the contraband concealed by accused No.2, Arbaaz Merchant in his shoes. • Although no contraband is found in the possession of Aryan Khan, six grams of charas were found in possession of accused No 2 (Arbaaz) of which accused No 1 (Arya...

Premium Explained: SRK’s son Aryan Khan’s arrest, and how drugs ended up on a Goa-bound cruise ship During the questioning of some drug peddlers, NCB officials said, they came to know that some people taking the cruise to Goa will be carrying drugs with them. Based on this tip, around 20 NCB officials booked tickets and boarded the cruise disguised as passengers. NCB officials on Saturday night raided a Goa-bound cruise ship off the Mumbai coastand seized narcotics. They said eight persons including Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan have been detained for questioning. Why did NCB raid the cruise ship? During the questioning of some drug peddlers, NCB officials said, they came to know that some people taking the cruise to Goa will be carrying drugs with them. Based on this tip, around 20 NCB officials booked tickets and boarded the cruise, Ship Cordelia, disguised as passengers. They waited till the time those on board allegedly started using narcotics and caught them red-handed. The captain of the ship was then asked to take the cruise back to the international cruise terminal at Ballard Pier in south Also in Explained | What is the status of the drugs case against Aryan Khan, others? Currently, NCB officials have detained eight persons including Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan. An What drugs were found on the cruise ship? As per NCB, they have found cocaine, mephedrone, MDMA and ecstasy from the cruise ship. They are yet to determine the quantity of the drugs seized...

Six more people, including four from the Delhi event management company Namas’cray Experience Pvt Ltd that had organised the two-day voyage on the cruise liner from which drugs were recovered were arrested by NCB on Tuesday as part of its ongoing probe into the seizure. The total number of arrests in the case has now gone up to 16. MUMBAI: Six more people, including four from the Delhi event management company Namas’cray Experience Pvt Ltd that had organised the two-day voyage on the Namas’cray is a Delhi-based firm registered as Caneplus Trading Private Limited. The firm was established on 30 October 2020. The company was tasked with the management of the event on board Cordelia Cruises’ Empress ship. On Saturday, NCB raided Cordelia and arrested eight people, including Bollywood actor No drugs, but still in custody: Decoding the Aryan Khan case The NCB clearly stated that no drugs were recovered from the possession of Aryan Khan, while only 6 grams of charas was found in the possession of Arbaaz Merchant. The NCB on Tuesday produced four accused (including two who were arrested on Monday) — Abdul Kedar Shaikh, Shreyas Nair, Manish Rajgaria and Avin Sahu — before the 8th metropolitan magistrate and sought their custody. All the four were remanded to NCB custody till October 11. The four event organisers — Gopal Jee Anand, Samir Sehgal, Manav Singhal and Bhaskar Arora — will be produced before court on Wednesday. Sehgal and Anand are additional directors of Namas’cray. All...

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday arrested Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s 23-year-old son Aryan and seven others following a raid at a party held on a Goa-bound cruise liner Saturday night. Khan has been booked for consumption of charas. Of the eight arrested, Khan, his friend and film actor Arbaz Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha were produced in court and remanded in NCB custody till Monday. MUMBAI: The Narcotics Control Bureau ( Of the eight arrested, Khan, his friend and film actor Arbaz Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha were produced in court and remanded in NCB custody till Monday. Dhamecha is said to be the daughter of a businessman from Madhya Pradesh, and Merchant the son of a timber businessman. Also See: Five others—Nupur Satija, Ishmeet Chadha, Mohak Jaiswal, Gomit Chopra and Vikrant Chhokar—were arrested late on Sunday; they will be produced in court on Monday. The cruise liner, Cordelia Cruises, carrying 800-1,000 passengers, left from Mumbai after around a dozen people were detained by the NCB on Saturday night and around 200 decided not to go ahead with the trip. It will return to the city on Monday morning. NCB officials said they are carrying out further raids in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. The NCB claimed to have seized 13gm of cocaine, 21gm of charas, 22 pills of MDMA and 5gm of mephedrone and more than Rs 1.3 lakh cash. In the remand application seeking custody of Khan, Merchant and Dhamecha, the agency said that the trio was arrested for consumption,...

A special court here on Monday said it would hear the bail application of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, arrested in connection with the seizure of banned drugs onboard a cruise ship, on October 13 and directed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to file its reply on that date. Special Judge V V Patil, hearing matters related to the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, said the court would hear the bail plea on Wednesday after the NCB said there was “no extreme urgency" to hear the application and sought a week to file an affidavit. The defence said Aryan Khan was “falsely implicated" and releasing him on bail would not stop the probe. Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3 after the NCB raided a Goa-bound cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and claimed to have recovered drugs from some persons. He is currently in judicial custody and lodged at the Arthur Road prison in Mumbai. He approached the special court for bail on October 8 after his plea for the same was rejected by a magistrate’s court last week on the ground that it did not have the jurisdiction to decide the matter. In his plea, Aryan Khan said he was innocent and has not committed any crime and that he has been falsely implicated in the case. There is nothing on record to suggest that the present applicant (Aryan Khan) is in any way connected with the production, manufacture, possession, sale, purchase, transport, import, export or use of any psychotropic substance or the fina...

Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was released from the Arthur Road jail on Saturday, two days after he was granted bail in connection with the drugs-on-cruise case. Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai zone chief Sameer Wankhede is an investigating officer of the case. The NCB team raided the cruise party on October 2 and detained around 14 people. Eight of them, including Aryan Khan, were arrested. Based on the information revealed by the arrested during the interrogation, the NCB conducted several raids in October and the number of arrested in the case reached 20. The case took a controversial turn after Sammer Wankhede was accused of several irregularities and charges like extortion etc. A sadhu prays for Aryan Khan's future outside Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's Bungalow 'Mannat', in Mumbai on Saturday. (ANI Photo) Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha were granted bail on October 28. Those were not the first bail in the case. Odisha residents Avin Sahu and Manush Rajgaria who were there on the cruise were the first to be granted bail in the case. Where the drugs-on-cruise case stands now: Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha: Arrested on October 3, the three were granted bail on October 28. While no drugs were found on Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant was found with six gram charas and Munmun was found with a packet of five gram contraband. Achit Kumar: Achit Kumar was not present on the cruise but was arrested based on what Aryan Khan an...

Did the NCB selectively target Aryan Khan in drugs-on-cruise case? What the enquiry report reveals A new enquiry by the vigilance team of the Narcotics Control Bureau has revealed several ‘procedural irregularities’ in the Aryan Khan drugs case. It has also flagged the role of seven to eight officers and requested strict against them Ranbir Kapoor to make a cameo in Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan's web show Stardom? 'Hum dinner leke aagaye': Swiggy employees show up at SRK’s Mannat; here's why What the report reveals Gyaneshwar Singh, NCB, deputy director general, who heads the vigilance inquiry team, has submitted a 3,000-page report in the wake of the Cordelia ‘drug bust’ case to NCB director general Satya Narayan Pradhan. According to reported information, there were “irregularities” in the investigation into the drugs-on-cruise case, involving Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan and also found that “selective treatment” was meted out when it came to naming some persons as accused in the case. “The role of seven to eight NCB officers has been found to be suspicious in this case, for which departmental inquiry has been initiated. Permission has been sought from senior officers to take action against those who are outside NCB,” an official said. The report also suggested that the federal drug agency needed to formulate an official media policy, taking note of how information regarding the cruise drug case had been provided to the media. It has been revealed that during the A...