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drug bust, viral selfie and a mysterious

informer in aryan khan arrest case

Narcotics Control Bureau in a special court said that its investigation has revealed Aryan Khan’s

role in illicit procurement and distribution of contraband

our Bureau oner can receive a money order
of Rs 4,500 maximum for their
Mumbai/Pune expenses inside the jail.

n a dramatic move, Pune Aryan and five other accused,
City Police has issued a look- who were arrested by Narcot-
Iout notice for Kiran Gosavi, ic Control Bureau (NCB) in
the man who made headlines connection with the cruise ship
after he was seen accosting Bol- drug raid case, were shifted
lywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s to the common cell of Arthur
son Aryan Khan at Narcotics Road Jail after their Covid re-
Control Bureau’s (NCB) of- port came negative.
fice in a viral selfie. City police In a related development,
commissioner Amitabh Gup- Nawab Malik on Thursday in-
ta said that the lookout notice formed that the state govern-
was issued on Wednesday and ment has upgraded his security
bars him from going outside the arrangement after he alleged-
country. Police informed that ly got threat calls from various
Gosavi is wanted in a case reg- states due to his press confer-
istered with Pune city police in Bollywood actor shah rukh Khan's son aryan Khan leaves ence last week.
2018, wherein a chargesheet has the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office to be produced before the court During a press conference
been submitted to the court. in mumbai on Friday (aNi) today, Malik said, “BJP lead-
Gosavi was the witness in the ers have been targeting me by
NCB raid on the cruise ship off cial NDPS court on Thursday According to the order of the saying that I am defaming Nar-
the Mumbai coast on October 2. reserved order for October 20 High Court, all the accused or cotics Control Bureau (NCB)
Maharashtra Minister and Na- on the bail application of Ary- prisoners who are logged in the to take revenge over the arrest
tionalist Congress Party (NCP) an Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and jail amid COVID-19 can talk to of my son-in-law. Since the last
leader Nawab Malik had raised Munmun Dhamecha. their family members twice a press conference, which was
objections to Gosavi’s presence On Wednesday, NCB in week via video call. “Aryan was held on October 9, I have been
at the NCB office after the arrest its reply filed in a special court on the call for 10 minutes with getting threatening calls. This is
of Aryan Khan in the drugs case. said that its investigation has his parents, and a jail official why the state government up-
Meanwhile, the NCB had clari- revealed Aryan Khan’s role in was present with him during the graded my security.” “The NCB
fied that Gosavi was not an of- illicit procurement and distribu- call,” said the official. had arrested my son-in-law
ficer or employee of the agency. tion of contraband. The NCB There are a total of 3,200 (Sameer Khan) earlier in July.
A case was registered against further said that Aryan Khan prisoners in the Arthur Road When his house was raided by
Gosavi with Faraskhana police used to procure drugs from Ar- jail. As per the guidelines of the the NCB, there was no recovery
station of Pune city on May 19, baz Khan. jail amid the pandemic, people but still there were rumours that
2018 for allegedly committing A total of 20 people, includ- are not allowed to visit the in- ganja and drugs were recovered.
fraud by promising a person a ing two Nigerian nationals, have mates. They can only speak to It was done by NCB to defame
job in Malaysia by taking money. been arrested so far in the case them over the phone. Inmates me,” he said.
However, he neither returned related to the seizure of drugs are allowed 10 minutes to talk “Hearing Khan’s bail appli-
the money nor offered the job to following a raid at a party on to their family members. The cation, the court released him
the complainant. The accused the Cordelia cruise ship off the jail has a total of 11 phones. The in September. My whole family
was booked under sections 419, Mumbai coast on October 2. family members of prisoners including my daughter was in
420 of the Indian Penal Code Also, Aryan Khan. who was who have a video call facility trauma,” he said.
(IPC) along with relevant sec- arrested in connection with the are given 10 minutes on video Earlier, Malik also alleged
tions of the Intellectual Tech- drugs-on-cruise case, spoke to call otherwise a voice call is di- that the investigating agency
nology (IT) Act. Chargesheet his parents Shah Rukh Khan alled. Aryan on October 11 had is trying to frame Bollywood
was filed in the court as the ac- and Gauri Khan via video call received a money order of Rs megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s
cused was not found. He is still from inside Mumbai’s Arthur 4,500, which is meant for his son Aryan Khan, and said that
wanted in the case. Road Jail on Friday, informed expenses in the jail canteen. As they should be ready for a legal
Meanwhile, Mumbai Spe- jail officials. per the rules of the jail, a pris- battle.

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