BJP leader Manish Bhanushali has made a sensational confession by admitting that he was indeed present on the cruise ship along with the members of the Narcotics Control Bureau when Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested. His spectacular confession came moments after Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik alleged that the BJP was behind the arrest of Aryan and Shah Rukh Khan was the next target.
Bhanushali told news agency ANI, “NCP leader Nawab Malik has put wrong allegations against me. BJP has nothing to do with it (the arrests). I received information on Oct 1 that a drugs party was to be held. I was with NCB officers(at the ship) for updated info.”
He added, “I don’t have any official position in BJP. I gave this information as being an active citizen of the country. I got to know that last month one of Nawab Malik’s relatives was held by NCB in a drug case.”
The BJP leader threatened to file a defamation case against Nawab Malik saying that his life was in ‘danger’ now. “I will request authority to provide me security,” Bhanushali added.
Cruise ship party case| NCP leader Nawab Malik has put wrong allegations against me. BJP has nothing to do with it (the arrests). I received information on Oct 1 that a drugs party was to be held. I was with NCB officers(at the ship) for updated info: Manish Bhanushali,BJP worker pic.twitter.com/HGFKGdjSBX
— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2021
Malik on Wednesday had sensationally claimed that the next target was Shah Rukh Khan after the Narcotics Control Bureau arrested the actor’s son Aryan in a drug case. Terming the arrest of Aryan as ‘forgery,’ Malik had questioned the credibility of the NCB raid on the Cordelia Cruise ship on 2 October, alleging that it had not followed the due procedure as per the NDPS Act, and two non-NCB persons’ involvement in what he said was a fake operation.
“The BJP and the NCB must come clear who are these two persons and why were they seen in the so-called ship raid. Both these persons are fakes and the NCB raid was a fraud intended only for grabbing publicity,” the minister was quoted by news agency IANS as saying.
Malik had also alleged the involvement of a BJP leader in the NCB raid on the cruise, adding that there was a video showing a man bringing one of those detained. “There’s a video of a man bringing Arbaaz Merchant to the NCB office. This person is Manish Bhanushali, who is the vice person of the some wings of the BJP. Bhanushali’s social media profile shows pics with Devendra Fadnavis.”