Aryan Khan gets clean chit: Here’s a timeline of events that unfolded

The Narcotics Control Bureau NCB on May 27 gave a clean chit to Aryan Khan son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in cruise ship drugs caseIn a statement the NCB said Based on input NCB Mumbai had on October 2 2021 intercepted Vikrant Ishmeet Arbaaz Aryan and Gomit at International Port Terminal Mumbai Port Trust and Nupur Mohak and Munmum at the Cordelia Cruise All the accused persons were found in possession of narcotics except Aryan and MohakInitially the case was investigated by NCB Mumbai Later an SIT from NCB headquarters in New Delhi headed by Sanjay Kumar Singh DDG Operations was constituted to investigate the case which was taken over by the Special Investigation Team SIT on November 11 2021 the antidrug agency saidSIT carried out its investigation in objective manner The touchstone of the principle of proof beyond reasonable doubt has been applied Based on the investigation carried out by the SIT a complaint against 14 persons under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act is being filed it said adding that complaint against rest six persons is not being filed due to lack of sufficient evidenceMeanwhile the NCB submitted a chargesheet in the case on May 27 It submitted the chargesheet before the registry and the special NDPS court will take its cognizance after the verification of the documentsWhat is Cordelia drugs caseOn October 2 Aryan Khan left his home in Mumbairsquos Bandra to attend a party on board Cordelia Cruise A team of the Narcotics Control Bureaursquos Mumbai unit led by then zonal director Sameer Wankhede boarded the ship disguised as passengers after receiving a tipoffAfter boarding the cruise ship NCB officials began a search The same night it was reported that the NCB had allegedly seized various illegal drugs such as cocaine charas and MDMA from the ship and detained several people including Aryan KhanHere is a timeline of the cruise drugs caseOctober 2 NCB conducted a raid at an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise which was on its way to Goa at midsea and detained several peopleOctober 3 Actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan his friend Arbaaz Merchant and model Munmun Dhamecha were arrested and remanded to NCB custody till the next day that is October 4October 4 Aryan Khan and others were again produced before the city court The NCB claims photos and chats on Aryans phone point to an international drug trafficking The court remands them in further custody till October 7October 5 Four more accused were arrested in the matter and were sent to NCB custody till October 14October 7 A foreign national was arrested in the matter from Mumbais Bandra area Further the Mumbai court sent Aryan Khan and seven others to judicial custody for 14 days Aryan Khan seeks bailOctober 8 The metropolitan magistrates court rejected the bail applications filed by Aryan Khan his friend Arbaaz Merchant and anchormodel Munmun Dhamecha stating they were not maintainable before it Further Aryan Khan and other accused were brought to Arthur Road JailOctober 11 Lawyers of the accused moved to a Mumbai special court designated under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act Special Court decided to hear the case on October 14 The defence lawyers opposed the oneweek time sought by the NCBOctober 13 Aryans bail application gets adjourned till 12 noon on October 14 by Mumbai sessions courtOctober 14 Pune City Police has issued a lookout notice for Kiran Gosavi the witness in the NCB raid on the cruise ship off the Mumbai coast Further the Mumbai Special NDPS court reserves its order for October 20 on the bail application of Aryan Khan Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha Aryan Khan fails to secure bail and was sent back to jail till Wednesday October 20October 20 Special NDPS court rejects bail plea of Aryan Khan and other accusedOctober 21 Shah Rukh Khan meets his son in jail Mumbais Special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS court extended the judicial custody of Aryan Khan and others till October 30October 24 The bodyguard of NCB witness Kiran Gosavi Prabhakar Sail alleges that Gosavi took Rs 50 lakh from an individual after the raid on the cruise Sail is also a witness in the caseOctober 26 Bombay High Court adjourns the hearing on the bail application of Aryan KhanOctober 28 Gosavi arrested by Pune police The Bombay High Court resumes hearing on Aryan Khan bail application Meanwhile the NCB orders a vigilance inquiry into the claims made by Sail a witness in the cruise drugs case of an alleged extortion bid of Rs 25 crore by some agency officials including its Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede for letting off Aryan KhanOctober 28 Aryan Khan Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha granted bail by the Bombay High Court in the drugsoncruise case after 3 weeksOctober 28 Aryan Khan was granted bail on some conditions One of the conditions imposed on him was that he should appear before the NCBs Mumbai office every Friday to mark his presenceOctober 30 Aryan walks out of the Arthur Road prison after 22 days in the central Mumbai facility following his arrestNovember 2021 The NCB removes Wankhede from the probe and transfers the case to a Delhibased SIT formed under its deputy DirectorGeneral operations Sanjay Kumar SinghDecember 2021 The Bombay High Court exempts Aryan Khan from his weekly appearance before the Narcotics Control Bureaus NCB office in Mumbai in connection with the drugsoncruise caseMarch 2022 A special court grants the NCB a 60day extension to file the chargesheetApril 2022 Prabhakar Sail an independent witness of the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB in the drugsoncruise case involving Aryan Khan dies of a heart attack at his residence in Chembur MumbaiMay 27 2022 NCB files the chargesheet in which Aryan Khan was given a clean chitWith inputs from Agencies