Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan arrested in drugs investigation

Aryan Khan, 23, was arrested over the weekend after police raided a ship off Mumbai and found narcotics, in a case that has captivated India’s media

A court sent him and two others to three days’ custody, with a lawyer saying they have been accused of consumption

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Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan is escorted by officials outside the Narcotics Control Bureau office after he was arrested along with others following a raid on a party on a cruise ship. Photo: AFP

Published: 1:17pm, 5 Oct 2021Updated: 1:17pm, 5 Oct 2021

A Mumbai court sent the 23-year-old son of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan to three days’ custody on Monday, a lawyer said, after he was arrested in a drugs investigation that has captivated India’s broadcast media.

Aryan Khan was arrested on Saturday night after police raided a ship off Mumbai and found narcotics, local media said.

The court remanded Khan and two others in custody with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the federal agency that is investigating the case.

A spokesperson for Shah Rukh Khan did not respond to requests for comment. Calls to the NCB went unanswered outside regular business hours.

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is taken to a court in Mumbai on Monday. Photo: AP

“They have been accused of consumption, but there is no evidence for the same,” Advait Tamhankar, a lawyer who appeared for one of the other two accused, told reporters outside the courtroom.

Television cameras showed a gaggle of reporters and police around Aryan Khan as he was ushered into a vehicle at the end of the hearing.