Aryan Khan was consuming drugs for 4 years, cried during interrogation, say NCB sources

Chennai

A day after arresting Aryan Khan, son of Shah Rukh Khan, NCBsources have said that Aryan has been consuming drugs for four years. He was ondrugs even during his UK and Dubai stay.

It is said that the star kid allegedly cried duringquestioning by NCB officials. He will be produced before a court in Mumbaitoday. The 23-year-old was produced in court on Sunday evening where theanti-drugs agency was granted custody of those arrested till today.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted a drugs partyonboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and arrested Bollywood superstarShah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan and seven others, including two women, onSunday, officials said.

Aryan Khan's lawyer Satish Maneshinde demanded bail, sayingthat his client had been arrested only on the basis of chat messages."Aryan had no ticket, no cabin or seat on board the cruise. He was therebecause he had been invited. He didn't even have a boarding pass. Nothing hasbeen found on him. He was arrested on the basis of chat only."

The NCB team, led by its zonal director Sameer Wankhede, raided the Goa-boundship on Saturday evening based on a tip-off that a party was scheduled onboard.The sleuths seized 13 grams of cocaine, five grams of MD, 21 grams of charasand 22 pills of Ecstasy and Rs 1.33 lakh.

A special holiday court of additional metropolitan magistrate R K Rajebhosaleon Sunday remanded Aryan Khan, Munmun Dhamecha and Arbaaz Merchant to thecustody of the NCB till October 4.

The NCB on Sunday said it had evidence suggesting a nexus between three personsit had arrested, including Aryan Khan, and suppliers and peddlers of drugs andbanned narcotic substances regularly.

Prima facie investigation conducted by the NCB reveals that there isincriminating material in the form of WhatsApp chats and so on that clearlyshows the nexus with the arrested accused (Aryan Khan and two others) withsuppliers and peddlers on a regular basis, the NCB said in its remand note.