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

Eight persons including superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Seth Merchantt, Munmun Dhamecha, Vikrant Chhoker, Ismeet Singh, Nupur Sarika, Gomit Chopra and Mohak Jaswal have been remanded them to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) custody till October 7. It all happened after the agency busted an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise ship which was on its way to Goa at mid-sea on Saturday night. Read all the updates related to the case here!

Mumbai Drug Bust LIVE: 4 more people arrested; NCB custody of Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchantt & others Image Source : TWITTER/SRKIAN_AMAN_Mumbai Drug Bust LIVE: 4 more people arrested; NCB custody of Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchantt & others till Oct 7

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) custody of eight accused including Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, Arbaz Seth Merchantt, Munmun Dhamecha, Vikrant Chhoker, Ismeet Singh, Nupur Sarika, Gomit Chopra and Mohak Jaswal extended till Oct 7. They were produced before Mumbai's Esplanade Court after being arrested in connection with a drugs seizure on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. However, Satish Maneshinde, the lawyer arguing in defence of Aryan Khan said in the Court, "Accused number 1, Aryan Khan was invited for the cruise party. However, he did not have a boarding pass. He didn't have any seat or cabin there. Secondly, according to the seizure, nothing has been found in his possession. He is arrested only based on chats." Various raids are happening in the city and many others have been held increasing the count of arrests to 12.

Catch all the updates related to the case here:

 

Live updates : Mumbai Drug Bust UPDATES:

  • 8:05 PM (IST) Posted by Prerna Yadav

    BJP worker Manish Bhanushali on cruise ship party drug case

    "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

  • 6:07 PM (IST) Posted by Prerna Yadav

    NCB's statement on Cruise party case

    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.

  • 5:15 PM (IST) Posted by Prerna Yadav

    Aryan Khan and others return to NCB office post medical check up

    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.

    Aryan Khan and others return to NCB office post mediacl check up

    Aryan Khan and others return to NCB office post medical check up

  • 4:48 PM (IST) Posted by Vaishali Jain

    Police to check CCTV footage of cruise

    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

  • 4:20 PM (IST) Posted by Parina Taneja

    Nawab Malik claims Shah Rukh Khan was the next target

    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."

  • 2:22 PM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin

    Who is Sameer Wankhede?

    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.

     

     

  • 1:07 PM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin

    NCB arrests one more drug peddler

    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)

  • 11:59 AM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin

    SRK's manager Pooja Dadlani reaches NCB office

    Pooja Dadlani

  • 11:47 AM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin

    KRK decodes how, when & what happened with Aryan Khan

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

  • 10:18 AM (IST) Posted by Vaishali Jain

    NCB conducts raids in Bandra, Juhu and Goregaon

    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.

  • 8:35 AM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin

    Shah Rukh Khan seeks NCB's permission to meet son Aryan Khan

    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.

    READ MORE

  • 8:31 AM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin

    WATCH: Arbaaz Merchantt's father says allegations on his son are 'baseless'

  • 8:26 AM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin

    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.

  • 8:26 AM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin

    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.

  • 8:25 AM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin

    Four more people arrested in Cruise ship party case

    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

  • 8:24 AM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin

    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.

  • 8:24 AM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin

    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.