Sanjay Gupta calls Aryan Khan’s arrest ‘suspicious’, says, “no drugs found on him and yet he spends 18 days in jail” – Times of India

Sanjay Gupta is the latest Bollywood celebrity to question Aryan Khan’s arrest by the Narcotics Control Bureau. The filmmaker reacted to a report about the star son being lodged in Arthur Road jail and his bail petitions being denied previously. “Suspicious arrest, no drugs found on him, no traces in his blood and yet he spends 18 days in jail. Don’t people responsible for this have kids of their own? How do you do this to someone else’s child?” wrote Sanjay Gupta.

Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3 by the NCB after drugs were seized from a cruise party that he was attending. He has been reportedly moved to a special barrack and is being monitored by the officials. Previously, authorities had revealed that Aryan’s parents sent him a money order of Rs 4500 for his canteen expenses. No home food has been reportedly allowed for him yet.

In his bail application, Aryan had stated that he was “innocent” and “falsely implicated in the present crime”, and concluded stating that with his “deep roots in society and will not tamper with investigation or abscond”. While the NCB, in its reply to the bail plea, alleged that material collated during investigation revealed the accused No 1 (Aryan Khan) has a role in illicit procurement and distribution of contraband. The NCB stated that Aryan procured contraband from Accused No. 2 (Arbaaz Merchant), from whom 6 grams of Charas was recovered. The investigating agency also stated that Aryan Khan was in touch with people who appear to be a part of an international drug network.

Recently during a counselling session by officials, including NCB’s zonal director Sameer Wankhede and social workers, Aryan had stated that after his release, he will work for “social and financial uplift of the poor and downtrodden” and will never do anything which could bring him publicity for the wrong reasons, an agency official told PTI.