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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Raj Shekhar | TNN

Mumbai cruise drugs bust case: NCB reviews evidence, drops Aryan Khan from chargesheet

MUMBAI: After a review by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), the Narcotics Control Bureau has dropped its case against actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan.

The initial case against Khan was mainly based on screenshots of WhatsApp chats taken from his phone though there was no recovery of narcotics from his possession nor was a medical test conducted on him to verify if he had indeed consumed drugs. The agency had instead used the chats to argue that he was part of a conspiracy by a group on board a cruise liner destined for Goa that allegedly was acting in concert with an international drug trafficking ring.

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