Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was today cleared of all charges in the drugs case over which he spent 22 days in a Mumbai jail last year.
Shah Rukh Khan is “very relieved”, said senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi, who represented Aryan Khan in court and secured bail for him.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in a chargesheet, said no drugs were found on Aryan Khan and there was no “substantial evidence” to charge him and five others.
Fourteen other accused have been charged by the anti-drugs agency.
| Install Our App | DOWNLOAD |
| Join Telegram Channel | JOIN NOW |
| Join Facebook Group | JOIN NOW |
| Subscribe YouTube Channel | SUBSCRIBE |
| Follow On Twitter | FOLLOW |
| Follow On Instagram | FOLLOW |
Aryan Khan and his father Shah Rukh Khan are both relieved, said Mukul Rohatgi.
“I am very relieved and so must be my clients, including Shah Rukh Khan. Ultimately, truth has prevailed,” he said.
“There was no material to charge this young man or arrest him. No drugs were found on him. I am happy that the NCB acted professionally in admitting their mistake,” added the lawyer.
Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3 after a drugs raid on a cruise by the anti-drugs agency.
Soon after he was taken away by the raid team, a selfie taken with him by “independent witness”, Kiran Gosavi, went viral. Gosavi was later arrested in a cheating case.
Then NCB chief Sameer Wankhede and his team questioned several people in the case. Based on WhatsApp chats, actor Ananya Pandey was also questioned.
Action Ordered Against Sameer Wankhede In Aryan Khan Case.
Anti-narcotics officer Sameer Wankhede, who initially investigated the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case, faces action for allegedly submitting a fake caste certificate and “shoddy investigation” into the drugs case, people familiar with the matter in the Home Ministry have said.
“The competent authority has been asked by the government to act against Sameer Wankhede for shoddy investigation. Action will be taken against him for his fake caste certificate,” a Home Ministry officer with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik had alleged Mr Wankhede had used fake documents to land a government job, after which the Narcotics Control Bureau, or NCB, officer had last November gave what he claimed was his original caste papers to prove that he is a Dalit to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes.