Aryan Khan arrested, charged for consumption of illegal drugs: NCB

Eight people including Aryan Khan the son of Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan and producer Gauri Khan have been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB on Sunday after yesterdayrsquos raid on a cruise ship in MumbaiWATCH Mumbai Three of the eight detained persons in connection with the raid at a party at a cruise off the Mumbai coast were being taken for the medical test by NCB pictwittercomJVAYF6fMb5mdash ANI ANI October 3 2021The accused were taken to JJ Hospital for medical checkup Aryan Khan has been charged for consumption of illegal drugs NCB chief Samir Wankhede told midday Aryan Khan has been arrested under section 8C 20B 27 and 35 of the NDPS ActNCB sources also revealed that accused Arbaaz Merchant had hidden the drugs in his shoes to escape security check The antidrug agency has also come across WhatsApp exchanges between Aryan Khan and Arbaaz MerchantA top official had earlier said that the detained accused were likely to be arrestedThe eight detainees have been identified as Aryan Khan Arbaaz Merchant Munmun Dhamecha Nupur Sarika Ismeet Singh Mohak Jaswal Vikrant Chhoker and Gomit ChopraNarcotics Control Bureau NCB DirectorGeneral SN Pradhan had earlier said that all the eight accused were detained on Saturday during raids carried out by an NCB team in MumbaiOf the eight accused three are from Delhi Pradhan had told IANS He further said all the eight accused are currently being questioned and are likely to be arrestedAll the eight detainees have been identified as Aryan Khan Arbaaz Merchant Munmun Dhamecha Nupur Sarika Ismeet Singh Mohak Jaswal Vikrant Chhoker and Gomit ChopraOf these Mohak Nupur and Gomit are from Delhi Mohak and Nupur are both fashion designers while Gomit is a hair stylist Sources confirmed to IANS that both Mohak and Nupur had come to Delhi with GomitAlso read Aryan Khan among those detained for questioning in cruise ship drug bust NCBIn the first of its kind operation on a cruise ship the NCB swooped onto the rave party being held on the cruise ship off the Mumbai coastThe 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 highprofile arrestsDG Pradhan told IANS that they were investigating this drug racket for the past two weeks He further said that the involvement of some from the film fraternity has also come to the foreThe probe is still underway and we are investigating all angles he saidThe participation for the rave party where NCB conducted raid on Saturday was reportedly done via social media with the ticket rates upwards of Rs 75000 per personTo avoid detection the NCB sleuths booked themselves on that cruise as ordinary passengers and they soon found some of their copassengers consuming drugsThen the NCB launched its fullscale raid detained eight passengers including two women consuming drugs and seized different types of narcotics in varying quantitiesSimultaneously the cruise ship was ordered to turn and sail back to the ICT at Ballard Pier where the detained passengers were offloaded along with their baggageA comprehensive search of their belongings as also the cruise ship is being carried out while the detainees were sent for a medical examinationWith agency inputs