Aryan Khan gets clean chit in Cordelia cruise drug case
27 May 2022 14:48:06
Mumbai, May 27: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), on May 27, submitted a charge-sheet in the 2021 drugs-on-cruise case involving Aryan Khan, the son of actor Shah Rukh Khan. In the charge-sheet, NCB has given clean chit to Aryan Khan.
On the Cordelia Cruises' Empress ship in October 2021, NCB detained Bollywood celebrity Shah Rukh Khan's eldest son Aryan Khan in the high-profile Mumbai drug bust case. Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha, Aryan's friends, were also detained. Aryan Khan was arrested under the NDPS Act's Sections 8C, 20B, 27 and 35.
All accused persons, except Aryan Khan and Mohak Jaswal, were found in possession of Narcotics, says the statement of Sanjay Kumar Singh, DDG (Operations), NCB.
A complaint against 14 persons under various sections of the NDPS Act is being filed. Complaint against rest 6 people is not being filed due to a lack of evidence, the statement says.
On the Cordelia Cruises' Empress ship in October 2021, NCB detained Bollywood celebrity Shah Rukh Khan's eldest son Aryan Khan in the high-profile Mumbai drug bust case. Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha, Aryan's friends, were also detained. Aryan Khan was arrested under the NDPS Act's Sections 8C, 20B, 27 and 35.
Later, it was revealed that Aryan, along with seven other people, had been detained for questioning. Arbaaz Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha, Nupur Sarika, Ismeet Singh, Mohak Jaswal, Vikrant Chhoker and Gomit Chopra were also questioned.