Mumbai Drug Bust Updates: NCB conducts new raids; Aryan Khan to remain in jail till Oct 20

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan and his friend Arbaaz Merchantt were arrested in the Mumbai cruise drugs case on October 2. Aryan and five other accused, who were arrested by Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) were shifted to the common cell of Arthur Road Jail after their Covid report came negative. Before this, the star kid was in NCB custody for 5 days, where he was being counselled daily in the NCB custody. The kid promised to make NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede proud one day by helping the weaker sections of society.  

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As per the latest update, a team of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is conducting raids at three places in Mumbai in the cruise ship drugs case. At the moment, the raids are going on in Bandra, Andheri and Powai of Western Suburb.

-- inputs by Atul

As per the latest update, Aryan Khan spoke to his father Shah Rukh Khan and mother Gauri Khan via video call from inside Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail, confirmed jail officials. Aryan Khan got very emotional during this conversation. According to the jail administration, the conversation took place two-three days ago in the presence of a prison guard.

About 11 smartphones are available in the Arthur Road Jail Administration to enable prisoners to communicate with their families or lawyers. As per the COVID protocol, visiting prisoners in jail is prohibited, however, 10 minutes per call is allowed at least once a week and maximum twice. 

Aryan Khan has been given a number in Arthur Road Jail. It is 956. Every accused coming to the Under Trial Jail is given a number through which he is called for giving allowance ie jail food, taking coupons from the jail canteen or taking part in other prison activities. An under-trial accused in jail is not called by his name but by the number given to him. 

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan and five others arrested in a drug seizure case have been shifted to general barracks of the Arthur Road prison in Mumbai as their quarantine period was over.

Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3. He is currently in judicial custody and lodged at the Arthur Road prison in Mumbai. He approached the special court for bail after his plea for the same was rejected by a magistrate's court last week on the grounds of not having the jurisdiction to decide the matter. the court will give its verdict on October 20.

Aryan (23), arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 3 from a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast, will have to remain in jail for at least six more days, as a special court earlier in the day posted his and two others' bail pleas for orders on October 20. They had been shifted to the Arthur Road prison in central Mumbai after their initial custodial remand with the NCB got over and a magistrate sent them in judicial custody but denied them bail. Based on a tip-off that a rave party was scheduled on the ship, an NCB team raided the Goa-bound Cordelia cruise on October 2 evening and allegedly seized drugs. Several persons including Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha were arrested.