Aryan Khan, son of Shahrukh Khan, who was arrested in the cruise drugs party case, could not get bail even on Thursday and the court reserved the verdict till October 20. Aryan will have to stay in jail till bail is not given. Aryan has been shifted to the barracks in Arthur Road Jail. Aryan’s under trial number is N956. Aryan Khan has received money orders of Rs 4500 from his house in jail, so that he can order items and food items of his choice from the canteen. Meanwhile, Aryan has also got a chance to talk to his parents once through a mobile video call. According to jail sources – in the Covid call, there is an order of the High Court that the prisoners should be allowed to talk to their families on video calls from mobiles in a week. Under that, this video call has been made. Jail Superintendent Nitin Viachal has made it clear that Aryan is being given only jail food. No home or outside food. Home or outside food is allowed only after the order of the court. There is no such order for Aryan.
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NCB has alleged that Aryan Khan was in contact with certain persons abroad who appear to be part of an international network for illegal purchase of drugs. The anti-drug agency said that the WhatsApp chat revealed that the accused was in contact with a foreign national for the possession of large quantities of hard drugs. The team of lawyers defending Aryan in the court refuted the allegations saying that he was not even on the cruise, which was raided by the NCB officials, he did not have money to buy drugs and he did not have drugs. Amit Desai said that when the NCB started the raid, he had not even checked in the cruise nor had he used drugs. The police did not get anything from them.
Significantly, Aryan Khan was arrested by NCB officials on October 2, hours after raiding a Mumbai cruise ship party. Seven others, including his friend Arbaaz Merchant, were arrested on October 3. Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri have not yet given any statement on Aryan Khan’s arrest, although many celebrities including Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan and Farah Khan have tweeted in their support.
