Aryan Khan: Son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in custody in drugs probe
Aryan Khan was arrested on Saturday night time after police raided a ship off Mumbai and located narcotics, native media stated. The courtroom remanded Khan and two others in custody with the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB), the federal company investigating the case.
A spokesperson for Shah Rukh Khan didn’t reply to requests for remark. Calls to the NCB went unanswered exterior common enterprise hours.
“They’ve been accused of consumption, however there isn’t a proof for a similar,” Advait Tamhankar, a lawyer who appeared for one of many different two accused, stated exterior the courtroom.
Tv cameras confirmed a gaggle of reporters and police round Aryan Khan as he was ushered right into a automobile on the finish of the listening to. He’s scheduled to go earlier than the courtroom once more on October 7.
Many high-profile Indian actors and TV personalities have been below scrutiny from narcotics officers since final yr. In September 2020, a number of prime feminine actors had been questioned by the NCB, although it was unclear how the investigation progressed.
Some Bollywood personalities have defended Aryan Khan and criticized the media glare round his arrest.
“The slightest misdemeanor dangers being wildly exaggerated,” movie producer Pritish Nandy stated on Twitter on Sunday. “Children make errors. Punish him, by all means, if the assessments verify his guilt. However let’s not crucify him within the media.”
