Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has detained Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan for questioning after it busted a drugs party on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast, according to a senior official on Sunday.
Aryan and seven others, including women, were detained by the NCB, who raided Cordelia cruise after it departed from Mumbai, seized drugs such as cocaine, hashish and MD.
“Of the eight accused, three are from Delhi,” Pradhan told IANS. He further said all the eight accused are currently being questioned and are likely to be arrested. All the eight detainees have been identified as — Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha, Nupur Sarika, Ismeet Singh, Mohak Jaswal, Vikrant Chhoker and Gomit Chopra.
“It’s a result of a painstaking investigation that went on for two weeks. We acted on specific intelligence inputs. The involvement of some Bollywood links has come to light,” NCB chief SN Pradhan told ANI.
The raid — which shocked Mumbaikars and rattled the rich crowds — started on Saturday afternoon, is still continuing with the process of registering the FIR underway, with the possibility of some high-profile arrests.
The participation for the rave party, where NCB conducted raid on Saturday, was reportedly done via social media with the ticket rates upwards of Rs 75,000 per person. To avoid detection, the NCB sleuths booked themselves on that cruise as ordinary passengers and they soon found some of their co-passengers consuming drugs.
Then the NCB launched its full-scale raid, detained eight passengers, including two women, consuming drugs, and seized different types of narcotics in varying quantities.
An official said, “Aryan was brought in to the NCB’s office in the wee hours of Sunday. He hasn’t been arrested and is being questioned. The subsequent action will depend on the medical report. NCB Mumbai has registered Crime no. Cr 94/21 in this matter. Further investigation is underway. resent probe is on how the drugs made it on the luxury cruise and if the patrons were secretly lured with drugs being onboard the cruise while making the bookings. The larger racket is being probed.”
Shah Rukh Khan is now headed towards court where his son Aryan Khan will be presented before holiday court.
