Aryan to spend more nights in jail! Court extends custody extended till October 7

 Mumbai, October 05: No relief to Aryan Khan as the Mumbai court sent him as well as all the accused including, Munmun Dhamecha, Arbaaz Marchant to the NCB's custody till October 7 in the drug case.

  

During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General of India Anil Singh appearing for NCB argued that ‘shocking, incriminating material’ was found on Aryan’s phone. He said that WhatsApp chats found in Aryan's phone, which was seized by the NCB, “clearly shows the nexus”. “It is necessary to confront all accused in the custodial remand,” Singh pointed out, adding that the chats have code words that need to be decoded. He also said that code words were used for peddlers which need to be decoded.

 

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To which, Lawyer Satish Maneshinde, appearing for Aryan, argued that nothing was recovered from his client and asked the court to grant him bail. “They are leveling very serious allegations against Khan. But it has to be supported with evidence... The court can look through the chats... They do not talk about it,” Maneshinde told the court.

 

 

However, the Judge then asked NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede to take the box and asked if there was a need to grant custody of the accused to the NCB, to which Wankhede said 'Yes.' He added that Aryan Khan had been arrested for drug consumption, and when Satish Maneshinde made an argument seeking bail, ASG Anil Singh countered that the offense was non-bailable and hence the question of bail doesn't arise.

 

After hearing all the arguments of all sides, the court observed that the investigation was of prime importance and granted NCB custody of Aryan Khan till October 7. "Considering this aspect, the presence of the accused with NCB is necessary. Remanded till 7," the court stated.

 

 

On Saturday, NCB unearthed a high-profile drug party on the Goa-bound ship off the Mumbai coast and nabbed 8 people including Aryan under sections 8C, 20, 27, and 35 NDPS Act. NCB also seized drugs such as Cocaine, Hashish, MD from the accused. The NCB sleuths said that they seized 13 grams of cocaine, 5 grams of MD, 21 grams of charas, 22 pills of MDMA (ecstasy), and Rs 1.33 lakh in cash from the accused.

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