Drug bust case: Advocate moves court against Shah Rukh Khan and Aryan on bribe charges

Mumbai: A lawyer has moved the Bombay High Court seeking registration of an offence against three persons including actor Shah Rukh Khan and his son Aryan Khan, for allegedly bribing Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers in connection with Aryan’s arrest in the Cordelia Cruise drug bust case in October 2021.

Advocate Ishwarlal Agarwal filed the petition at the Bombay High Court, also seeking registration of offence against Shah Rukh's manager Pooja Dadlani.

The petition sought prosecution of senior NCB officer Gyaneshwar Singh and others, along with CBI officials, for allegedly preparing "forged records" and filing "false and misleading" affidavits before the high court.

According to Agarwal’s plea, the FIR of extortion and bribery was registered with "undue haste" as the investigation agency did not record the statements of the actor and his manager who allegedly gave the bribe.

Without recording the statements of Khan, Pooja Dadlani, and others, the CBI wanted to arrest Sameer Wankhede, former zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, which is sufficient ground to prove the malafide intention of the CBI officials, the plea contends.

It further contends that the inquiry was conducted by Gyaneshwar Singh, who himself is a witness in the case.

Demanding strict action against the probe agency, the advocate also pleaded that the HC impose a heavy cost on CBI and NCB for defending their action on "frivolous and unlawful" grounds and wasting the court's time. (UNI)