Cruise ship drug party: Aryan Khan, 7 others sent to judicial custody for 14 days

Mumbai/Bhubaneswar: The Esplanade Magistrate Court today sent Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan and seven others to judicial custody for 14 days in drugs seizure at a cruise ship.

Even though the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) prayed for a custody of the eight accused including Aryan Khan, the court sent them to jail for 14 days.

Also, the court said the cruise ship drug seizure case will be heard by the Special NDPS court henceforth.

After Aryan Khan moved a bail plea, the court said it will hear the application at 11 AM tomorrow and directed the NCB to file reply by then.

NCB official sources said the eight accused will be kept in NCB office in judicial custody till tomorrow because jail would not accept the new inmates at this hour.

Earlier in the day, the court sent Achit Kumar, the 17th accused to NCB custody till October 9. Kumar was arrested based on disclosures made by accused Aryan Khan and Arbaz Merchant.

Khan, along with eight others was apprehended by the NCB following raids on Cordelia Cruise ship where the alleged rave party was on October 2 evening. On Sunday, the eight persons were arrested, sparking a major sensation across the country.

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After the operation, the NCB said it had recovered 13 gm Cocaine, 21 gm Charas, 5 gm Mephedrone, and 22 MDMA Ecstasy pills besides Rs 133,000 cash.

So far, a total of 17 persons have been arrested by the NCB in the cruise ship drug party case.