NCB arrests Shah Rukh Khan's son and two others in Mumbai cruise party raid case

Aryan Khan (Image: Instagram/___aryan___)

Actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan has been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau after he was detained earlier this morning.  Along with Aryan Khan, Arbaz Seth Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha as well have been arrested by the NCB, news agency IANS reported. They will be produced before the court.

#AryanKhan, the son of Bollywood mega-star #ShahRukhKhan and producer Gauri, and two others were on Sunday arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (#NCB) on Sunday in connection with the rave party busted aboard a luxury cruise ship. pic.twitter.com/GAwyXwWhvj

— IANS Tweets (@ians_india) October 3, 2021

Advocate Satish Maneshinde would be representing Aryan Khan in court. Aryan Khan has been booked under various sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) for possession and consumption of banned substances

Khan was one among eight people questioned by the NCB after following a raid at a party on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai last night by the Narcotics Control Bureau.

Aryan Khan, Arbaz Seth Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha, who were detained in connection with the raid at a party at a cruise off the Mumbai coast, were taken out of the NCB office for medical examination, news agency ANI reported.

Maharashtra: Aryan Khan, Arbaz Seth Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha, who were detained in connection with the raid at a party at a cruise off the Mumbai coast, were taken out of the NCB office for medical examination pic.twitter.com/6goZ9aIOZE

— ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2021

Apart from Aryan Khan, the others were identified as Munmun Dhamecha, Nupur Sarika, Ismeet Singh, Mohak Jaswal, Vikrant Chhoker, Gomit Chopra and Arbaaz Merchan, said Sameer Wankhede, Zonal Director of NCB.

NCB officials said that different drugs like MDMA, ecstasy, cocaine, MD (mephedrone) and charas were recovered during the raid conducted on the evening of October 2.

The anti-drug agency had registered an FIR in connection with the drugs party. Based on a tip-off that a party was scheduled on the ship, an NCB team, led by its zonal director Sameer Wankhede, had raided the Goa-bound Cordelia cruise ship on Saturday evening and recovered drugs from some of the passengers, an official said.