Mumbai court allows release of Aryan Khan's passport

Wednesday 20th July 2022 08:05 EDT
 
 

A Mumbai court has allowed the release of Aryan Khan’s passport, which was in the court's custody as part of the bail condition in the cruise-drugs case. According to a report, the court has also allowed the bail bond to be cancelled. Aryan will now be able to travel outside the country.

Aryan had filed a plea before a special NDPS court earlier this month, seeking the return of his passport. He was given a clean chit in May by the Narcotics Control Bureau in last year’s cruise-drugs case. Aryan was granted bail by the Bombay High Court in October 2021, and his passport was seized by the NCB during the probe.

The NCB had filed a 6,000-page charge sheet against 14 accused in the case on May 27, which excluded Aryan's name. Recently, NCB deputy director (operations) Sanjay Singh, who headed the Special Investigations Team (SIT) formed to investigate the case, revealed what Aryan said during the investigation. In an interview, he said Aryan told him, “Sir, you have painted me as an international drug trafficker, that I finance drug trafficking -aren’t these charges absurd? They did not find any drugs on my person that day, yet they arrested me. Sir, you have done me great wrong and ruined my reputation. Why did I have to spend so many weeks in jail - did I really deserve it?”

An NCB team busted an alleged drugs party on the ship, which was on its way to Goa at mid-sea. Aryan was arrested along with other accused, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha in the case.


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