Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan arrested in Mumbai cruise drugs case

Mumbai, Oct 03: Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan son Aryan Khan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) following a raid at a party on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai last night. He was one among eight people questioned after the raids.

The 23-year-old has been arrested under Section 8C, 20B, 27 read with 35 of the NDPS Act.

"Aryan Khan, Arbaz Seth Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha have been arrested in connection with the raid at a party at a cruise off the Mumbai coast. They will be produced before the court," reported news agency ANI quoting NCB sources.

The eight persons, who were grilled by the NCB are Munmun Dhamecha, Nupur Sarika, Ismeet Singh, Mohak Jaswal, Vikrant Chhoker, Gomit Chopra, Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant.

Acting 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, the official said.

"During the operation, the suspects were searched and different drugs were recovered from them, which they had hidden in their clothes, undergarments and purses (by women).

The detained persons will be produced in a court later in the day after the legal formalities get over, the NCB official said. Early this morning, the NCB questioned the detainees at its office here, he said.

Aryan Khan is Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan's eldest son. The couple also have a daughter, Suhana Khan. In 2013, they became parents of a third child, a son named AbRam, who was born through a surrogate mother.

Both his elder children have expressed interest in entering the entertainment industry; Khan has stated that Aryan, who is studying film at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in California, aspires to become a writer-director, while Suhana, who served as assistant director for Khan's film Zero (2018), is studying drama and acting at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts for higher education.