Aryan Khan ‘dealt in commercial quantity of drugs’

Mumbai : Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that Aryan Khan has been regularly consuming drugs since last few years, he has also dealt in commercial quantity of drugs during the bail hearing in the drugs bust case. Replying on behalf of the anti-drugs agency Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), he said that the accused dealt with commercial quantity of drugs.

Aryan Khan did not get bail yesterday. Yesterday, advocates Amit Desai, Mukul Rohatgi and Ali Kashif Khan Deshmukh argued on behalf of the accused. Mr Desai, appearing for accused Arbaaz Merchant, said the court was misled into believing during the first remand that it’s a conspiracy case. He said the arrested persons must be informed of grounds of their arrest.

Aryan Khan has been in jail since October 8. He was arrested after drug raids on a cruise ship party on October 2 by the NCB. Aryan Khan has been denied bail twice before. The special anti-drugs court that denied him bail last week said he knew about charas hidden in his friend Arbaaz Merchant’s shoe, and this amounted to “conscious possession”. Arbaaz Merchant was also arrested along with Aryan and 18 others.