Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has come to the defence of Shah Rukh Khan after the latter’s son Aryan Khan was arrested in the drug case by the Narcotics Control Bureau.
Tharoor tweeted, “I am no fan of recreational drugs & haven’t ever tried any, but I am repelled by the ghoulish epicaricacy displayed by those now witch-hunting @iamsrk on his son’s arrest. Have some empathy, folks. The public glare is bad enough; no need to gleefully rub a 23yr old’s face in it.”
I am no fan of recreational drugs & haven’t ever tried any, but I am repelled by the ghoulish epicaricacy displayed by those now witch-hunting @iamsrk on his son’s arrest. Have some empathy, folks. The public glare is bad enough; no need to gleefully rub a 23yr old’s face in it.
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 4, 2021
A Mumbai court on Monday granted the NCB the custody of Aryan till 7 October even though his lawyer denied that the Bollywood star’s son had possessed or consumed any banned subtances.
According to the Bar and Bench website, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate RM Nerlikar noted in the order, “For the circumstances presented to me, it seems that the co-accused possess intermediate contraband and the present accused (Khan) accompanied them. Investigation is of prime importance. It will be essential for prosecution and accused to prove is innocent.”
Earlier, actor Sunil Shetty had thrown his weight behind Aryan Khan as he told reporters, “When a raid is conducted at a place, many people are taken into custody. We assume that a particular boy must have consumed it (drugs). The process is on. Let’s give that child a breather. Let real reports come out.”