Mumbai cruise rave bust: Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan arrested by NCB

Aryan Khan has reportedly been charged under Section 8C, 20B, 27 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Satish Maneshinde, who appeared for Rhea Chakraborty, will contest the NCB's allegations and defend Aryan.

Image: Aryan Khan being taken for medical test along with other accused

Three of the eight suspects who were detained by the Narcotics Control Bureau after a crackdown on a rave party onboard the Cordelia Cruises ship bound for Goa have been arrested.

They were produced before a local court that sent Aryan Khan to NCB custody for a day.

Those arrested include Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, Munmun Dhamecha and Arbaaz Merchantt.

The arrested suspects were taken for a medical examination before being produced before the court.

According to sources, Aryan Khan told the NCB that he had taken the drugs onboard the cruise for his own consumption. According to reports, 21 grams of Charas, three grams of cocaine, 5 grams of mephedrone and 22 MDMA pills were also recovered.  

Aryan Khan has been charged under Section 8C, 20B, 27 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, sources said, adding that Arbaaz Merchantt hid the drugs in his shoes to avoid them at the security checkpoint.

Section 8(c) of the NDPS Act prosecutes offenders for producing, manufacturing, possessing, selling, purchasing, transporting, warehousing, using, consuming, importing inter-state, exporting inter-state, importing into India or exporting from India any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance without prior permission.

Section 20 (b) prescribes punishment of up to two years for possession or use of cannabis. 

Section 27 prescribes punishment of rigorous imprisonment of up to a year or a fine for consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance.

Image: Aryan Khan being being brought back to the NCB office after a medical test along with other accused

Advocate Satish Maneshinde was at the Killa court in Mumbai where the NCB produced the accused. Maneshinde is representing Aryan Khan. To recall, Maneshide had represented Rhea Chakraborty too who had been arrested in connection with NCB's drugs angle probe in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. He had also defended Sanjay Dutt in the Mumbai blast case.

At least 25 officers were part of the raid on the rave party onboard cruise ship which began just as the vessel reached open sea off Mumbai.

Other accused in the case include Nupur Sarika, Ismeet Singh, Mohak Jaswal, Vikrant Chhoker and Gomit Chopra.