Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan has been give a ‘clean chit’ in the high-profile Mumbai cruise drugs case, seven months after he was released from jail on bail.
He was granted bail on October 28 and released from Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail two days later. Aryan Khan, along with his friends Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha, was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 3.
His bail came after his earlier petitions seeking bail were rejected, first by sessions court and then by the special NDPS court.
The Bollywood superstar, Shah Rukh Khan, roped in a battery of lawyers, including former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, to get Aryan Khan out of jail and was finally released from jail days before his father’s birthday.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has dropped its case against Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan. Sources said Khan is among six against whom charges have been dropped.
In a statement, NCB said, “SIT (Special Investigation Team) carried out its investigation in an objective manner. The touchstone of the principle of proof beyond reasonable doubt has been applied. Based on the investigation carried out by SIT, a complaint against 14 persons under various sections of NDPS Act is being filed. Complaint against rest 6 persons is not being filed due to lack of sufficient evidence.”
Based on an input, NCB Mumbai on October 2 last year intercepted Vikrant, Ishmeet, Arbaaz, Aryan and Gomit at the International Port Terminal, Mumbai Port Trust, and Nupur, Mohak and Munmun on the Cordelia Cruise. “All the accused persons were found in possession of narcotics except Aryan and Mohak,” it said.
“Initially, the case was investigated by NCB Mumbai. Later an SIT from NCB New Delhi, headed by Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh, DDG (Ops), was constituted to investigate the case, which was taken over by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on 06.11.2021,” it added.