Aryan Khan bail hearing Live updates: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) opposed the bail plea filed by Aryan Khan, saying the probe so far has revealed his role in the conspiracy and illicit procurement and consumption of drugs.
Aryan Khan will continue to stay in jail as a special court on Thursday reserved its order on the bail pleas filed by Aryan Khan in ship drug bust case. The court is likely to pronounce the order next week.
During the hearing, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) stated that Khan was a regular consumer of contraband for last few years. Citing government’s national policy on Narcotics Drugs, Khan’s counsel Advocate Amit Desai argued that he, as the end consumer, was a person affected by the drug abuse. “You’re a person on the bottom of the chain, you’re a consumer. You’re a person affected by the drug menace as per the government’s own national policy on Narcotic Drug,” he defended Khan.
On Wednesday, 10 days since Aryan was arrested along with his friend Arbaaz Merchant and model Munmum Dhamecha, the NCB opposed the bail plea filed by Aryan, saying the probe so far has revealed his role in the conspiracy and illicit procurement and consumption of drugs.
The NCB in its affidavit also claimed that Aryan Khan was in touch with some persons, who appear to be a part of an international drug network for procurement of drugs. Further probe is on with regard to financial transactions done abroad, the agency said.
Calling the Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) allegations of “illicit drug trafficking” against Aryan as “inherently absurd”, his lawyer said a reformative approach is needed, as his client has suffered enough.
Meanwhile, Mumbai reported 481 new Covid-19 infection cases and three deaths on Wednesday, taking the caseload to 7,49,074 and toll to 16,167. This is for the fourth day in a row the metropolis has recorded less than 500 daily cases. 31,638 tests were conducted in the last 24-hours, taking the total test count to 1,08,20,708. Over 461 patients recovered from the infection taking the number of active cases to 5,114.
