Mumbai Drug Bust UPDATES: Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchantt to appear before court tomorrow

"NCP leader Nawab Malik has put wrong allegations against me. BJP has nothing to do with it (the arrests). I received information on Oct 1 that a drugs party was to be held. I was with NCB officers (at the ship) for updated info. I don't have any official position in BJP. I gave this information as being an active citizen of the country. I got to know that last month one of Nawab Malik's relatives was held by NCB in a drug case. I will file a defamation case against Nawab Malik. He has put my life in danger. I will request authority to provide me security", said Manish Bhanushali, BJP worker in Delhi

NCB reiterates that their procedure has been and will continue to be professionally and legally transparent and unbiased, says NCB Deputy DG Gyaneshwar Singh in Mumbai.

Today Narcotics Control Bureau sent Arbaaz Merchant, Aryan Khan and Munmun for medical check up at JJ Hospital, Mumbai. As per NCB, once every 24 hours, the accused will have to get medical tests done and the reports will be submitted to the court.

Hemant Nagrale, Mumbai Police Commissioner shares they are going to write a letter to DG Shipping of India in the coming days to seek details whether the cruise had taken permission for the party. He added necessary action will be taken if a violation of rules is observed. A notice has been sent to the organiser of the party and the captain of the cruise too to enquire if COVID norms were followed.

In addition, the police are checking the CCTV footage of the cruise.

-- inputs by Dinesh Mourya

Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik claims, "Aryan Khan's arrest is a forgery. For the last one month, the information was being circulated to crime reporters that the next target is actor Shah Rukh Khan."

NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede is working to end the black empire of drugs spread in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa. He has till date worked on the cases of Rhea Chakraborty, Armaan Kohli, comedian Bharti and very recently that of Shah Rukh's son Aryan Khan and his group of friends. Wankhede so far, has seized drugs worth more than 17 thousand crores and also arrested the son-in-law of Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik, who got bail recently.

But today NCP leader and minister Nawab Malik is holding a press conference against NCB and claiming that he will expose the agency. Now it is to be seen whether he will speak up or keep evidence against Wankhede who arrested his son-in-law.

The Narcotics Control Bureau has arrested one more drug peddler in connection with the seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast, an NCB official said on Wednesday. The NCB's Mumbai zonal unit apprehended the drug peddler from suburban Powai late Tuesday night after his name cropped up during questioning of those arrested earlier in the cruise drug party case, the official said. (READ FULL STORY)

Taking to Instagram, Kamaal Rashid Khan shared a video and wrote alongside, "Aryan khan arrested by NCB! Why? How? Watch to know!"

After Narcotics Control Bureau's raid on a luxury ship, the Cordelia Cruises, last week, NCB conducted raids in Bandra, Juhu and Goregaon areas. As per the latest update, the investigating agency has taken one more person into their custody.

Shah Rukh Khan had to take the NCB's permission for a brief meet with his son in the agency lock-up, when the 24-year-old cried before his dad, though eventually it has surfaced that no drugs were recovered from him.

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All eight accused in the case are Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, Arbaz Seth Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha, Vikrant Chhoker, Ismeet Singh, Nupur Sarika, Gomit Chopra and Mohak Jaswal.

Mumbai Police on Tuesday said that no permission was taken from them regarding the Cruise ship party from where the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) team seized drugs. As per Mumbai Police sources, the matter comes under Yellow Gate police station's jurisdiction. "Their permission is necessary but no permission was taken, neither was any intimation given," they added.

However, as per police officials, since multiple agencies are involved in granting permissions, the Mumbai police will speak to the Directorate General of Shipping and Mumbai Port Trust about what permissions were given to the cruise ship.

Today we arrested four more people. They had organised this party. Tomorrow, NCB will seek their custody from the court... A total of 16 arrests have been made, probe on: Sameer Wankhede, Director of Narcotics Control Bureau, Mumbai

Eight persons were detained for questioning by the NCB in connection with the drug seizure on the cruise ship, according to NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede. All of the eight persons were later arrested on October 3.

As per the NCB, three persons including Aryan Khan, Arbaz Seth Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha have been booked under Section 8C, 20B, 27 (Punishment for consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance) and 35 (Presumption of culpable mental state) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act). 8C of NDPS Act refers to prohibition to produce, manufacture, possess, sell, purchase, transport, warehouse, use, consume, import inter-State, export inter-State, import into India, export from India or tranship any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance while Section 20B deals with punishment for producing, manufacturing, possessing, selling, purchasing, transportation, imports inter-State, exports inter-State or use of cannabis.