Mumbai Drug Bust Updates: Shah Rukh Khan's driver summoned by NCB for questioning

NCP leader Nawab Malik on Saturday alleged that the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had initially detained 11 persons from a Goa-bound cruise ship off the Mumbai coast last week, but let off three of them, including the brother-in-law of BJP leader Mohit Bharatiya. The agency released Mohit a couple of hours later after the interrogation. The three individuals, as named by Nawab Malik are Rishabh Sachdeva, Pratik Gaba and Amir Furniturewala. 

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Aryan Khan's lawyer has filed a bail application in the sessions court. The application was filed on Friday (October 8) evening.

The hearing is likely to take place on Monday.

NCB again summons film producer Imtiyaz Khatri to appear before it on Monday in the drugs-on-cruise case.

NCB has arrested a drug peddler Shivraj Ramdas, who is allegedly linked to Arbaaz Merchantt. 

Imtiyaz Khatri leaves Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office after 7 hours of questioning. The agency on Saturday morning raided the residence of the film producer and summoned him to appear before NCB for inquiry in connection with Mumbai Drug case.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday said all the allegations levelled against the agency in connection with the cruise ship raid and alleged recovery of drugs, in which Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was arrested, are "baseless, motivated afterthoughts and prejudicial". NCB Director, Mumbai Zone, Sameer Wankhede said the anti-drugs agency works professionally. "We do not see any political party and religion. We do our job professionally," he added.

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Shah Rukh Khan's driver has been summoned by the NCB for questioning in the Mumbai drug bust case.

Interrogation of Shah Rukh Khan's driver underway. He is present at the NCB office.

NCB Deputy DG Gyaneshwar Singh says 'Field verification is not possible when action is taken. That time our attention remains on the seizure. 14 people were nabbed from the cruise and after recording their statements, six people were released as there was no evidence against them.'

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14 people were nabbed from the cruise and six of them were released after interrogation. The investigation is being conducted as per law: NCB on accusations raised by Nawab Malik

Further investigation and questioning underway.

We are conducting an investigation on the basis of the evidence found. Earlier, an NCB team busted an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise ship which was on its way to Goa at mid-sea on October 2 night. A total of 18 people, including a Nigerian national, have been arrested in the case related to the seizure of drugs following a raid at a party on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast.

NCB says they seized drugs following a raid at a party on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast.

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal Director Sameer Wankhede and DDG Gyaneshvar Singh to address Nawab Malik allegations at 3PM today (October 9).

One drug peddler was detained during a raid in the Santa Cruz area last night. He has alleged links with Arbaaz Merchant and Aryan Khan; further questioning underway: Narcotics Control Bureau, Mumbai

-- ANI

The raids which started early on Saturday in Bandra in connection with the rave party operation of October 2, followed the revelation of Imtiyaz Khatri's alleged involvement during the interrogation of some of the accused persons arrested earlier by the NCB.

This is not the first time that Khatri's name has cropped up in a drugs case. Earlier, during the investigations into the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput last year his name was mentioned for allegedly supplying drugs to him and other film personalities.

-- IANS

Filmmaker Imtiyaz Khatri was summoned by NCB after his office and home were raided by the investigating agency in a drug related case.

-- inputs by Atul Singh

Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchantt and 4 others have been kept in the isolation ward of Arthur Road Jail. Shah Rukh Khan's son will be kept in this cell for five days. If he and other undertrial accused do not get bail from the Mumbai Sessions Court, they will be shifted to "Chillar Barrack" ie Chhutta Barrack and if bail is granted before five days they will be allowed to go home.

Aryan Khan and other accused will have to follow the "jail-manual" during their time in prison. This includes waking up at 6 am to freshen up, have breakfast at 7 am, lunch by 11 pm, tea at 3 pm, dinner at 6 pm, which they will have to finish by 8 pm.

Usually, in Arthur Road Jail, which is an under-trial prison built by the British in 1925, the under-trial convicts are taken out of their barracks ie cell after breakfast and food so that they can take a walk inside the prison. But in the case of Aryan Khan, this will not happen until his 5-day period of COVID isolation is completed.

In this isolation cell due to security reasons, Aryan and the other four accused in the drug case have been kept in separate cells. In this cell, there's only one fan and a bathroom. Each one is given a blanket, bed sheet and a pillow.

The accused do not get the clothes of the jail because this is an under trial jail, so all the accused including Aryan can wear their clothes but they will have to eat the food of the jail.

Narcotics Control Bureau issues summon for filmmaker Imtiaz Khatri to visit NCB office at 11 am. The raid conducted by the NCB this morning lasted for about two hours at Khatri's house located in Khar. Some things have also been recovered during the raid.

Aryan and the other accused who were sent with him are likely to spend the weekend in quarantine cells. They would not get any special treatment inside the jail, reports PTI. 

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As per the latest update in the Mumbai cruise ship raid case, a raid is being conducted by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) at the residence and office of film producer Imtiyaz Khatri in Bandra area of the city.

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Shortly after the verdict, lawyers for some of the accused told the media that though the detailed reasoning for the ACMM's order will come later, they plan to apply to the Sessions Court for bail on Monday.

The two women accused - Munmun Dhamecha and Nupur Sarika - were shunted to the Byculla Women's Jail, and the others - Aryan, Arbaaz Merchant, Vikrant Chhoker, Ismeet Singh, Mohak Jaswal, and Gomit Chopra were sent to the ARCJ.

In a major setback for megastar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, a Mumbai court on Friday rejected his bail plea, and of two others who were among the 8 arrested accused in the raid on an alleged rave party on a luxury cruise ship. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate R.M. Nerlikar rejected the bail applications of Aryan, Arbaaz Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha, on grounds of "maintainability", upholding the contentions of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) legal team.