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Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan arrested on drug charges after raid on Mumbai cruise ship

Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan arrested on drug charges after raid on Mumbai cruise ship

Mumbai court remands 23-year-old into the custody of the narcotics bureau till Oct 7.
Updated 04 Oct, 2021

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was taken into custody by India's Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday for alleged possession of banned drugs and substance abuse on board a cruise ship.

On Monday afternoon, a Mumbai court remanded him into NCB custody till October 7.

According to the Hindustan Times, 23-year-old Aryan and two others were taken into custody on Sunday after drug enforcers raided a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and busted a party where drugs were being used. “Aryan and others were on the cruise ship where the agency busted a rave party,” NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede said. Officers seized 13 grams of cocaine, five grams of MD, 21 grams of charas and 22 pills of MDMA, and 133,000 INR during the raid.

A Delhi-based event company is believed to have organised the party and a series of others on cruise ships. The cruise ship was scheduled to go to Goa on Saturday night and return to Mumbai by Monday.

The 23-year-old and others were taken for a medical examination at a hospital in Mumbai after which Aryan was brought back to the NCB’s office for an interrogation. Officials said they were tipped off about the rave party and boarded the ship as passengers.The court had remanded Aryan to the custody of NCB till Monday. He is to be produced before court again on Monday after his medical examination.

The chief of NCB has stated that they will be looking at a larger "Bollywood connection" in relation to the case. "There is a Bollywood connection and we are investigating all angles of the case. We are looking at the main supplier and the entire cartel behind this drugs case," he said to Indian news agency PTI.

He was presented before a Mumbai court on Monday afternoon after being booked under sections 8(c), 20(b), 27 and 35 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

The NCB claims it has evidence in the form of WhatsApp chats and calls to prove that the three young men were involved in the purchase and possession of the drugs in question..

Comments

Mohan Kishore D Oct 04, 2021 12:16pm
Father is promoting IAS lessions to all but failed to teach his own son.
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Oct 04, 2021 12:17pm
Once a cheater, always a fraudster and trickster.
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Lalit Oct 04, 2021 12:24pm
He is a fraud of highest order.
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Gargoyle Oct 04, 2021 12:26pm
Who gives a fudge? He's a kid. Kids do stupid things.
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Surya Oct 04, 2021 12:31pm
Well upbringing by khan
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maan Oct 04, 2021 12:33pm
It was expected because the pressure was piling up on Shahrukh by BJP for many days.
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Fraz Oct 04, 2021 12:36pm
Aryan is not guilty. He is targeted being son of Muslim actor.
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Concerned Citizen Oct 04, 2021 12:37pm
Who cares…
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Sachin Kale Oct 04, 2021 12:59pm
People do make mistakes growing up. He is from good family and will be able to better manage his persona as he learns from his mistakes.
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Zak Oct 04, 2021 01:01pm
No doubt because he is muslim in a RSS india.
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Bobby Oct 04, 2021 01:05pm
Like father like son
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Realistic Oct 04, 2021 01:25pm
Let the kid enjoy. After all he is son of the King Khan
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Rahim Oct 04, 2021 01:26pm
Had it been Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia, Mr. Shah Rukh Khan’s son and others must have their sentence netted out publicly without any delay.
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Raza Oct 04, 2021 01:27pm
Meanwhile we are worried about renovating bollywood's stars ancestral homes in Peshawar from taxpayers money!
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BRR Oct 04, 2021 01:37pm
At age 23 soldiers are fighting wars and sacrificing their lives, nurses are saving lives, and pilots are flying passengers around - and here we have privileged idiots behaving criminally.
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M. Saeed Oct 04, 2021 01:51pm
Very disturbing affair! Big spoils of the big money.
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Stargazer Oct 04, 2021 01:58pm
This happens when you keep telling your kids, that you have no religion, 'your only religion is humanity' and money of course.
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ABCD Oct 04, 2021 02:32pm
Spoilt child of an influential father, following what once Sanjay Dutta did. Sunil Dutta never interfered in judiciary but now you will see Modi haters will come out shouting and naming it Islamophobia.
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Ajay Oct 04, 2021 02:42pm
Nothing will happen, one he is SRK son two it was for his consumption and nothing found with him . So even the ordinary citizen can get away with this.
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M. Saeed Oct 04, 2021 02:47pm
SRK has failed to be a hero for his son!
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ST Oct 04, 2021 02:54pm
Rich kids' part time hobbies . Now suffer
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Jeet Oct 04, 2021 03:00pm
This govt is after the flagship indian cultural vehicle to take it around the globe. And bollywood is so lame. Even after recent happenings if they don't know that establishment is watching and listening everything, looking for just an excuse. Still....?
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SATT Oct 04, 2021 03:03pm
Gifts from Afghanistan making troubles for Khans of India.
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Uday Oct 04, 2021 03:07pm
Bringing up tells on you.
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A shah Oct 04, 2021 03:22pm
Put him in jail
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k k tiwari Oct 04, 2021 03:40pm
I do not much blame SRK , now a days so much freedom and accessibility to drugs spoiling young chaps.But parents must keep an eye on movement of children
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Shyam Oct 04, 2021 03:41pm
@Zak we can't let someone do drugs because he is minority
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Toronto Raptors Oct 04, 2021 03:45pm
@Rahim only the weak ones gets punished dosent matter which country.
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Ds Oct 04, 2021 03:49pm
@Zak yes he is Muslim and the other seven people caught are Hindus what is your rubbish point.
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Ds Oct 04, 2021 03:50pm
@Gargoyle yes Rahul Gandhi is 53 and he is also called a kid.
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Harry Oct 04, 2021 04:00pm
@Zak There r 8 others who are arrested and they r not Muslim Wait for investigation before reaching conclusion
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Leo Oct 04, 2021 04:07pm
@Fraz : Brilliant answer!
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Wahbhaiwah Oct 04, 2021 04:09pm
Not quite the planned introduction of Aryan Khan. But don't worry, it's just 2 days headlines, paisa bolta hai.
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Rajesh Oct 04, 2021 04:18pm
@Gargoyle 23 Year old is not a kid..
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D’Souza Oct 04, 2021 04:24pm
Well he got caught, he’s 23. He has to be rehabilitated. He’s done a stupid thing. Catch those who are peddling those drugs.
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Nora Oct 04, 2021 04:25pm
@Stargazer Many of your so called Muslim Pakistani celebrities elites also consume drugs.
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D’Souza Oct 04, 2021 04:27pm
@BRR “ At age 23 soldiers are fighting wars and sacrificing their lives, nurses are saving lives, and pilots are flying passengers around - and here we have privileged idiots behaving criminally.” Did you do any of those things yourself? Are you so accomplished to take such a moral high ground?
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Tadka Oct 04, 2021 04:28pm
@maan why not on Aamir or saif
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SATT Oct 04, 2021 04:36pm
He will be freed because of money.
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SATT Oct 04, 2021 04:36pm
Gifts to Khans from Afghanistan.
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Indian Oct 04, 2021 04:41pm
@Fraz non muslims also arrested
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Rana Talukdar Oct 04, 2021 04:48pm
@Gargoyle he is a 23 year old kid !!!
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Rana Talukdar Oct 04, 2021 04:52pm
@Ajay certain drugs consumption is crime in India. Most probably he will be sent to rehabilitation center for few months. As the son of one of the most popular citizens of India he needs Sanjay Dutt like treatment. Then only common people will hv trust in laws.
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Iqbal Aswani Oct 04, 2021 05:17pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, Your copy paste notepad file is very small I guess.
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Lutera Oct 04, 2021 05:21pm
@maan so pressure on SRK got his kid to do drugs and that too on a luxury cruise ship?
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Faisal Siddiki Oct 04, 2021 05:41pm
@Zak why drag rss into this? I don’t think they forced him to consume drugs, you think they did? He consumed drugs, he got caught, end of story. No?
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Ali Oct 04, 2021 05:52pm
@Fraz Can't get excused always for being muslim, India has changed a lot under able PM Modi.
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Anjum Khaleeq Oct 04, 2021 06:13pm
Pls give them a break! Have a glimpse at your own home! 1. Are we ignoring our kids? 2. Are we giving them the time and brought up they deserve? 3. Are we over the phone or laptop or any screen max of the time after we are back from work? If answer to line 1 and 3 are Yes and No to line 2, then don't be surprised or sad, if our offspring does the same what Aryan did. Let's mark this incident as an alarm bell and lets turn our face towards our kids and not our back..
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NYS Oct 04, 2021 06:19pm
SRK is in hot water all false allegations fake propeganda
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Rdeal Fasttrack Oct 04, 2021 06:22pm
@Fraz Not surprising comment from who can not do any thing but just to blame India. Keep on doing this, this is your biggest achievement.
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Fcrack Oct 04, 2021 06:46pm
@Zak Shame on you dude !
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Premal Dave Oct 04, 2021 06:48pm
Very bad
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well-wisher Oct 04, 2021 07:05pm
Watch for fairness and justice in Modi's India. Why was he in the party? The family will lose peace of mind.
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TPA Oct 04, 2021 07:07pm
Slipper him in public
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Jeet Oct 04, 2021 07:10pm
At age 23 I was working at a fortune 500 company as a team leader of world class talent of engineers & buanalysts, producing a revenue of $5M a year for my employer. 23 is not a child.
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Joe Oct 04, 2021 07:10pm
@Fraz Aryan is not guilty. He is targeted being son of Muslim actor." Sanjay Dutt was behind bars for five years for unauthorised possession of automatic weapon.Will you say that since his mother was Muslim he was sent behind bars? Why must you bring Religion in dealing with a drug possession case .He will go behind bars ,if he sold, brought or consumed drug.Simple.
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Sunil Oct 04, 2021 07:13pm
A young man must be given opportunity for course correction. Afterall he has not killed any body or committed a violent sex crime.
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Mathai’s Oct 04, 2021 07:13pm
@maan so he is innocent? BJP supplied drugs ? Grow up !! Grow up
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Joe Oct 04, 2021 07:17pm
Neeraj and Aaryan are both 23 years old.One brings honour to country by winning gold Medal at Olympics and other ..call as you wish.
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Jp Oct 04, 2021 07:26pm
@Fraz Here we go, you guys got only one track mind. Aryan is not only person arrested, with him there others who have been arrested. Check the facts first.
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Jeet Oct 04, 2021 07:31pm
@Fraz - Yeh right. There are at least 20-30 odd bollywood actors who are under investigation for drugs related cases, including a few super stars; and most of them are non-muslims.
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Farrukh Safdar Oct 04, 2021 07:46pm
I'm glad that there is some respect for LAW in India. Don't forget it's the country which gave the wealth and fane to this kid's father who is today a mega billionaire and a King of film industry. But when his son did something wrong it's apprehended ! No matter he will go Scott free with father's influence and power but India shows that nobody is above the law!
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Dawn Oct 04, 2021 08:35pm
@Fraz and muslim actor earned so much money in Hindu nation?
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Multani Oct 04, 2021 08:36pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad You just keep repeating the same comment again and again, need for change.
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Multani Oct 04, 2021 08:41pm
No Muslim is safe in India, they are targeted with some fabricated charge, jailed forever, everyone there is doing drugs, why pick him only .
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Multani Oct 04, 2021 08:44pm
@Raza We don’t get it, we keep wasting our money and resources on totally useless things
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Multani Oct 04, 2021 08:48pm
Rich Muslims face 2nd class treatment , time to wake up and migrate to safety of our country with their business and wealth.
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Idris Oct 04, 2021 08:56pm
Aryan khan should be deported to his ancestral land -Afghanistan/ Opiumstan
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King of good times Oct 04, 2021 09:02pm
Several young adults have been caught. Shahrukh Khan's name is being dragged by media unnecessarily. The young adult was caught because he was in a rave party where prohibited substances were being consumed, not because he is the son of someone. Officers don't arrest people based on who their fathers are. Media should not use this opportunity to bring bad name to Shahrukh Khan. He is a father who may already be worried about his son. Bringing his name up again and again will only increase his pain. Remember, it's not about Shahrukh Khan, it's about his young son who was caught in a rave party.
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Pasha Oct 04, 2021 09:12pm
@Sachin Kale will you allow your son to try drugs just to learn from the mistakes later?
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Ahmad Oct 04, 2021 09:25pm
Unfortunate.. hope we all can spend time with our kids .. what is this young lads fault when his father was never there for him?? Hope this is an eye opener for kid and he can come out of this as a new positive person..
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Tariq Oct 04, 2021 09:29pm
If establishments is against anyone, they will catch him. It’s a lesson for other Muslims with powerful voices to keep quite in RSS government in India.
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NSG Oct 04, 2021 09:45pm
@Gargoyle 23 year old kid?
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Khanum Oct 04, 2021 09:45pm
@Gargoyle A 23 year old is not a child. My mother, now in her 60s, had 4 children by the time she was 22.
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NSG Oct 04, 2021 09:47pm
@Realistic 23 year old kid? The captain killed recently by terrorists was 24..
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NSG Oct 04, 2021 09:51pm
Some pathetic people are calling this 23 year old, a kid. Grow up, at 23, people are fighting wars, sacrificing their lives, working jobs to earn and studying to achieve their goals.
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Riazullah Baig Oct 04, 2021 09:54pm
So what?
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jack Oct 04, 2021 10:17pm
@Fraz Apart from Aryan Khan, the court sent Arbaz Seth Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha, Vikrant Chhoker, Ismeet Singh, Nupur Sarika, Gomit Chopra and Mohak Jaswal to NCB custody till October 7
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Ash20 Oct 04, 2021 10:18pm
Most of these star kids, never studied anything and are in drugs, etc. Nothing new. They should be put in normal jail for six months and hopefully few will come out better and responsible citizens.
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Bryan Joseph Oct 04, 2021 10:29pm
@Stargazer By that logic Afghanistan has highest drug consumers in spite of it being an Islamic Emirate. C'mon how can you bring religion into this.
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Noname Oct 04, 2021 10:40pm
This is nothing. People commenting here have no clue what kind of life Bollywood actors live.
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Changez Khan Oct 04, 2021 10:42pm
It was a set up. The BJP terrorists are after SRK because he is Muslim.
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Jp Oct 04, 2021 11:08pm
@SATT Why Khans took the drugs. No one immune from laws of India.
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Sriraman Oct 04, 2021 11:26pm
@Fraz dear innocent. 6 arrested 2 Muslims. 4 hindus. in india we don't see religion for these things. I m an hindu. I don't care my religion. fir me this is a serious crime for this age. arrest the.. thats what every hindu thinks for us religion is only within family . not for playing football outside hone
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Anujit Oct 04, 2021 11:33pm
Many such young Aryans have become prays while perpetrators ( read drug dealers) go scot free because of their nexus with big shots. Last time I went through a news of some 3000kgs of narcotics consignment had been seized at Mundra port, Gujarat. And yes...who is the owner of port Mundra? Do I need to mention, here? I think most of us know it. Any follow-up? Investigation? Govt mum..big media houses silent...no op-ed, no investigative reporting. BTW- the owner of Mundra port operates 27 news channel in India.
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Vigil Oct 04, 2021 11:34pm
@Fraz show some sense before writing
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Truth be told Oct 04, 2021 11:36pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad really? So no reforms or pardons? One size fits all rules?
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Truth be told Oct 04, 2021 11:36pm
@Gargoyle can you enlighten us with a personal example which caused you to support the atrocious act?
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Truth be told Oct 04, 2021 11:38pm
@Fraz let's not judge. We heard the news. We will wait to hear the final verdict. Do note that WhatsApp proof is being mentioned there that incriminates them. A high profile arrest after a tip off is only possible after credible evidence. In the event it is a setup, then it is quite elaborate and executed akin to a mission impossible movie.
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NSS Oct 04, 2021 11:46pm
@Zak o yes you can excuse everybody if he is Muslim and blame RSS because it is Hindu . What a silly mindset. Shameful!
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AZAM AKBAR Oct 04, 2021 11:46pm
Politics and harassment by BJP and Hindu extremists.
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Amir Indian Oct 04, 2021 11:50pm
@Fraz is he the only son of muslim actor, and all other muslim actors have only daughters - that what you want to say
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lion Oct 05, 2021 12:37am
he is a kid.. give a rest you haters
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M S P Oct 05, 2021 12:39am
@Fraz Sulle Subaani Saahib Kya Baat Boli
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Sriram Oct 05, 2021 01:16am
Young age, wrong place, wrong time. That’s all. He comes from a good family. He will be fine.
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Galang Oct 05, 2021 01:28am
There is a political angle to this. The drugs seized seem to be minimal and I highly doubt that person having such wealth would peddle in drugs. Basically, they seized on the opportunity so that the whole chain of command - right from police constable to the judge -- can extract money out of SRK.
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Riaz Uddin Oct 05, 2021 01:34am
It seems character assassination of a Muslim actor and his family! India - Pakistan police raids and resulting reports are not reliable!
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Rahul Oct 05, 2021 01:51am
@Fraz ..and how do you know this ?
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Rahul Oct 05, 2021 01:52am
@Zak ...what proof do you have ?
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Rahul Oct 05, 2021 01:55am
He will get his day in court and pay his dues as required by law. If he was in Saudi, Afghanistan or Iran etc. He would have been summarily tried and executed. He is luck that he is a Indian.
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Sriram Oct 05, 2021 02:12am
Such a sad situation… he seems to be a good kid carrying the burden of his father’s successes. Drug dealers want to sell to him, party operators want him to be there, cops want to catch the high-value target and the media wants to cover his story. His father has done everything right to not get into trouble, his grand-father was a lawyer and great-grand-father was a freedom fighter. He will be fine… and hopefully do the right things as he grows up.
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Just Saying Oct 05, 2021 02:39am
Read the news people! Police was tipped off for 13 gms of cociane on a ship in waters where this kid was at that very time but interestingly police never got a clue of tonnes or cocaine from Modi and his friends. Talk about justice.
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Robby Oct 05, 2021 04:25am
Good job and he’s arrested cause he’s Muslim name as it’s common parties like this daily in Mumbai
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Mansur Ul Haque Oct 05, 2021 06:23am
Release it. Elite class do such things for thrill/fun.
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Safir A Siddiqui Oct 05, 2021 06:45am
This is normal with these guys.SR will buy the highly corrupt judges and the police. What is the big deal.The boy will come back whistling .
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Charlie Hebdo Oct 05, 2021 07:48am
@maan Preposterous to the least! Obviously you dont know which govt is in the state who controls the police!
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Charlie Hebdo Oct 05, 2021 07:54am
Father charged for drunken behavior, son achieved next level. Are they Muslims?
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skb Oct 05, 2021 09:07am
@Sachin Kale Thanks.. Most people do.. Young with money, independence and wrong friends around make bad decision.
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gauri Oct 05, 2021 12:56pm
@Joe Even Neeraj takes performance enhancing drugs.
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gauri Oct 05, 2021 01:06pm
@Riaz Uddin Yes that is true. Aryan has been deliberately framed in this scandal to protect the actual drug dealers Adanis who are Modi's cronies.
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gauri Oct 05, 2021 01:10pm
@Anujit Yes it is a conspiracy to divert attention from Modi's cronies who are the real drug dealers.
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Jeet Oct 05, 2021 02:11pm
But don't ignore the borderline autocratic govt in action here. That's true as well. They are after bollywood. They want bollywood to become subservient to them, and act as their propaganda tool, functioning within their terms and conditions, subscribed to their ideological perspectives (or lack of them), making their kind of products. But they don't know that Arts subdued and disciplined is not an Art anymore. These acts will kill the creativity from indian arts.
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Jeet Oct 05, 2021 02:29pm
@Charlie Hebdo - NCB (Narcotics Control Beuro) is a central agency, reporting into Home ministry of India.
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Shabbir Hussain Oct 05, 2021 07:08pm
Words Used By Famous Indian Anglophile (lover of English language) Shashi Tharoor on arrest of Aryan Khan son of Shahrukh Khan: Shashi Tharoor is also a Member of Indian Parliament.He is famous for using unique words.He called Aryan Khan,s recent arrest as "ghoulish epicaricacy". Ghoulish (pronounced as" goolish") means evil and epicaricacy means to derive pleasure pleasure on other's misfortunes. Shashi Tharoor said this about those who were deriving pleasure out of Aryan Khan,s arrest (misfortune).
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Ghani K Oct 05, 2021 10:44pm
@Fraz Is n't ironical, he is a son of a Hindu mother , non practicing Muslim father. He should n't be identified as a Muslim, he is not a practicing Muslim.
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Ali Mehdi Oct 06, 2021 12:32am
Apart from Bollywood BJP Muslim Hindu complexities the kids when grow big they bring bigger problems but with time n experience they learn the lessons in life n lead a successful life. Don’t taunt them for their mistakes. Let’s remember how we were as young adults.
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AJ Oct 06, 2021 09:06am
Arrest probably made to appease BJP goons who were hounding SRK. Almost everyone does drugs, especially in the film industry.
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Yasmin Oct 06, 2021 04:27pm
@Ghani K In India you are considered a Muslim if you have a Muslim father/surname even if you don’t practice your religion.
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Ali (CA) Oct 06, 2021 06:10pm
Everyone chill, this is a normal publicity stunt. Soon he will be offered some movie roles
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M Oct 07, 2021 05:58am
@maan ???are you real
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Sangun Oct 07, 2021 09:11am
@Fraz only a person of Pakistani mindset can think like you
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Asif Parvez Oct 08, 2021 07:01pm
@Bobby And what about your PM who murdered 2000 muslims?
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Ahad Oct 08, 2021 11:52pm
@ABCD you don't know that Sunil dutta knocked door of every minister that time , he himself were in Congress party but none of congress minister helped him in that terror case , at last he went to bal Thackeray also for help , Thackeray told him that I'm not in power and terror charges are handling by central agencies so i can't help you but i will try ........so please don't give such stupid statements and nonsense......now who is in power and what they can do ....you can imagine that in this case.
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Mesotwisty Oct 10, 2021 09:42am
BJP is after Shahrukh khan and using his son. Is Aryan such a criminal that he wasn’t even given bail? Evil Modi and his evil government and their evil antics.
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