Mumbai Drug Case Updates: Court sends 7 accused in judicial custody till October 25

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials met senior officials of Mumbai Police and complained to them about being followed by Mumbai Police officials in the past few days.

Apart from Nigerian national Okaro, Abdul Qadir Sheikh, Shreyas Nair, Manish Rajgaria, Avin Sahu, Shivraj and Chendu have been produced in CMM court as their remand ends today. All the 7 accused have been sent to judicial custody till 25th October. 

- Rajesh

Filmmaker Imtiaz Khatri has been summoned to visit the NCB office tomorrow i.e October 12. Imtiaz is suspected of connection with drug peddlers and the investigation in the matter is still going on.

-JP Singh

Special NDPS court in Mumbai to hear accused Aryan Khan and others' bail pleas on Wednesday (October 13) at 11 am. NCB will file their reply on the same day.

NCB: We will even place on record the investigation papers. Give me at least 2-3 days. Normally, NCB takes a week to file reply. The facts that they have been saying are not correct facts. The picture is not as rosy as it seems.

NCB seeks one week's time to file replies while Aryan Khan's lawyer Satish Maneshinde demands urgent hearing on Aryan Khan's bail plea.  

-Rajiv Singh

The judge is finishing his morning board. 

SRK's manager Pooja Dadlani also reaches sessions court. However, she was not granted entry into the court room.

SRK's manager Pooja Dadlani

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Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Advait Sethna present for NCB, apart from SPP AM Chimalker.

Shweta tweeted, "I hope this incident only gives you more strength/power @iamsrk .. it shakes me up to even think how one’s own achievements can be used against you someday! Very painful. Please dont change and be the same fun and thoughtful person that you are. All your fans are with you.'

She further wrote, "Anyone who dare tries to troll me with most rotten rubbish. Beware. All you need to do is shup up and not type anything #standwithsrk 
@iamsrk."

Accused Aryan Khan's lawyer Satish Maneshinde says, "It is natural that if bail application is rejected by a court, we move to the higher court. We've filed the bail application here (Special NDPS court in Mumbai). Hearing is likely to take place today."

Taking to Twitter, Sanjay wrote, "Shahrukh Khan has always been there in his own way for every one that has ever needed help and reached out to him.
THIS I CAN SAY FOR A FACT!"

While for Farah, she tweeted, "SRK and family have my support. Always have and always will have my support. Have known them personally too long and know they are good people. I pray all goes well for them. @iamsrk."

Aryan Khan's lawyer Satish Maneshinde reaches sessions court, files bail plea.

Aryan Khan's lawyer Satish Maneshinde

They join a growing list of people from Bollywood who have come out in support of Shah Rukh and his interior designer wife Gauri Khan, including Hrithik Roshan, filmmakers Zoya Akhtar, Farah Khan, Hansal Mehta, actors Raveena Tandon, Pooja Bhatt, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Somy Ali and comedian Johnny Lever.

Several personalities from the Hindi film industry, including veteran actor-politician Raj Babbar, actor Shekhar Suman, music composer Vishal Dadlani rallied behind Shah Rukh Khan and said the hardships won't "deter his soul" as the superstar's son Aryan remains in judicial custody in connection with a drugs case.

Satish Maneshinde, the lawyer arguing in defence of Aryan Khan had earlier said in the Court, "Accused number 1, Aryan Khan was invited for the cruise party. However, he did not have a boarding pass. He didn't have any seats or cabins there. Secondly, according to the seizure, nothing has been found in his possession. He is arrested only based on chats."

A drug peddler, Shivraj Ramdas, who has alleged links with Arbaaz Merchant, has been sent to NCB custody.

NCB on Saturday also conducted searches at the residence and office of film producer Imtiyaz Khatri here in connection with the seizure of drugs from the cruise ship and also questioned him. The agency asked him to appear before it again on Monday, the official said.

Khatri's name cropped up during the interrogation of some of the accused persons, who were earlier arrested in the drugs seizure case, the official said, adding that the NCB has been cracking down on drug peddlers and suppliers in the metropolis.

-PTI

Bail plea application of Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha, apart from Vikrant Chhokar, Gomit Chopra, Ishmeet Singh Chaddha, Mohak Jaiswal and Nupur Satija will be heard today.

All the accused arrested in the drugs case have been sent to judicial custody. Since then all the accused including Aryan Khan are imprisoned in Arthur Road Jail and female accused Byculla Jail. So far 20 arrests have been made in this case.

Aryan Khan and some others were arrested by the NCB last Sunday following a raid on a Goa-bound cruise ship, based on a tip-off that a party was to take place onboard the vessel. An NCB team led by its zonal director Sameer Wankhede had raided the ship and claimed to have recovered banned drugs.