Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 2 (ANI): Hours after Prabhakar Sail, the main witness in actor Aryan Khan's cruise drugs case died due to a heart attack, Maharashtra Police decided to investigate the matter.

Mumbai [India], April 2 (ANI): Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) witness in the drugs-on-cruise case Prabhakar Sail died on Friday.

Mumbai Mar 31 PTI A special court here on Thursday granted 60 days extension to the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB to file a charge sheet in the drugs-on-cruise case in which Aryan Khan son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is an accused The probe agency had on Monday filed an application before special judge V V Patil seeking a 90-day extension to file a charge sheet in the case since the investigation in the high-profile case was still on However the judge after hearing arguments of both the prosecution and defence lawyers gave the probe agency another 60 days to file a charge sheet in the case The NCB through a special public prosecutor had argued that there were compelling reasons to seek the extension Aryan Khan was named an accused in the case along with 19 others by the NCB last year The 24-year-old was arrested by the NCB on October 3 last year following a raid on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai The accused persons were booked under relevant sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act for alleged possession consumption salepurchase of banned drugs conspiracy and abetment among others The probe agency has claimed that the chemical examination reports of all the 17 samples were received on March 12 which proved that the entire contraband recovered during the raid was narcoticspsychotropic drugs The central probe agency stated that some of the accused are highly influential persons and have incriminating chats with foreign nationals who are also located outside India Examination of such chats is in progress as foreign nationals are involved it said Due to the severe COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country from November 2021 to February 2022 the response has been delayed from the foreign agencies the plea said Seeking time to file a charge-sheet the NCB in its plea claimed that the investigation was almost complete with respect to six accused as their role is intertwined and interconnected The examination and recording of voluntary statements of K P Gosavi the main panch witness during the two recoveries made on October 2 2021 is not complete as he is under judicial custody in other cases it said Further the NCB said that the second panch witness - Prabhakar Sail - has turned hostile and his purported affidavit in this regard is still pending before the court Thus in such a situation examining Gosavi becomes necessary and pivotal to unearth the true and correct facts of this case Of the 20 arrested accused in the case only two - Abdul Kadar and Chinedu Igwe - are currently in judicial custody and the rest are out on bail Opposing the probe agencys plea Kadars lawyer Kushal Mor submitted that the probe agency has filed the application only to keep him behind the bars Further he argued that there is no justifiable reason to seek the extension Appearing for Igwe advocate Ayaz Khan submitted that they were handicapped because of non supply of report submitted to the court by the prosecution My right to express is affected he added As per the Code of Criminal Procedure CrPC the drug law enforcement agency was supposed to file the charge-sheet in the October 2021 case within 180 days of the arrest of the accused If the charge-sheet is not filed within the stipulated period than the accused can seek default bail as per the provisions of CrPC In case a prosecuting agency requires further time the CrPC allows it to seek a maximum extension of another 90 days to file such a document PTI AVI NP NP

Palghar (Maharashtra) [India], December 2 (ANI): Kiran Gosavi, an NCB witness in Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case, was arrested on Wednesday night in connection with a cheating case, said Palghar Police.

Mumbai: The alleged seizure of narcotic drugs from Nupur Satija, an accused in the drugs-on-cruise case, was “illegal” as it wasn’t conducted by an authorized woman officer, a special NDPS Act court has said while granting her bail. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had arrested 20 persons including actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan after raiding a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast on October 2. Aryan got bail three weeks later.

Mumbai: The alleged seizure of narcotic drugs from Nupur Satija, an accused in the drugs-on-cruise case, was “illegal” as it wasn’t conducted by an authorized woman officer, a special NDPS Act court has said while granting her bail. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had arrested 20 persons including actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan after raiding a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast on October 2. Aryan got bail three weeks later.

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 9 (ANI): Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) independent witness in the Mumbai cruise raid case Kiran Gosavi has been sent to Judicial custody by a Pune court on Tuesday in a cheating case registered against him at Faraskhana police station.

Mumbai : Narcotics Control Bureau’s vigilance team lead by NCB Deputy Director General Gyaneshwar Singh questioned Prabhakar Sail, the sole witness in the Drugs on Cruise case, for recording his statement in the alleged payoff in the case. The questioning session was of nearly 10 hours. Speaking to media personnel in Mumbai, NCB Deputy Director General Gyaneshwar Singh said, “Prabhakar Sail appeared before NCB’s vigilance team in Mumbai on Monday for questioning which started at 2 pm on November 8 and ended at 12:20 am on November 9.

Mumbai : Narcotics Control Bureau’s vigilance team lead by NCB Deputy Director General Gyaneshwar Singh questioned Prabhakar Sail, the sole witness in the Drugs on Cruise case, for recording his statement in the alleged payoff in the case. The questioning session was of nearly 10 hours. Speaking to media personnel in Mumbai, NCB Deputy Director General Gyaneshwar Singh said, “Prabhakar Sail appeared before NCB’s vigilance team in Mumbai on Monday for questioning which started at 2 pm on November 8 and ended at 12:20 am on November 9.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 8 (ANI): Sunil Patil, whose name cropped up in corruption allegations against NCB officers, has admitted that he knew Sam D'souza, who is facing allegations of extortion in the drugs-on-cruise case, and later came in contact with Kiran Gosavi, an Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) witness in the case.