Mumbai: Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan’s lawyer told the court on Thursday that Aryan was invited to a “glamor flare” party on board a Goa-bound cruise ship in which narcotics were allegedly seized. Were. He said that his client has nothing to do with the organizers.
Aryan and seven other accused in the case were sent to 14-day judicial custody by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate RM Nerlikar. He rejected the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)’s plea to extend Aryan’s custody for further interrogation. Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha were arrested along with Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha after the NCB raided the ship off the Mumbai coast on Sunday. Nupur Satija, Ishmeet Chadha, Mohak Jaiswal, Gomit Chopra and Vikrant Chhokar were arrested the next day.
Opposing the NCB’s plea for extension of remand, Aryan’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde said that his client has no relation with any other accused. The lawyer claimed that Aryan was on the cruise as a “VVIP guest” and that “a person associated with Bollywood wanted to add glamor to the cruise and hence Aryan was invited.” Advocate Maneshinde said, “I (Aryan) is not connected in any way with any other person onboard the cruise or other arrested accused. I have no relation with the organizers or other arrested accused.”
However, he admitted that Aryan knew Arbaaz Merchant. The lawyer said, “He (Merchant) is my friend, I am not denying it. But the relationship with only one person is not enough to keep me in custody.
