Trouble for SRK’s son: NCB finds ‘many irregularities’ in case, role of 7-8 officers under scrutiny

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday in a report said that Bollywood super star Shahrukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan case has “many irregularities”.

An internal report of the NCB has found, flagging “suspicious behavior” on the part of seven to eight officers of the agency. The revelations are the second major embarrassment for the agency following one in May this year reported by the NDTV. Eight months ago Aryan’s sensational arrest had created a flutter in the media. The son of the Bollywood Badshah had to spend over three weeks in jail. He was cleared of all charges and the NCB admitted they had not been able to find “sufficient evidence” against him and five others.

“The role of 7 to 8 NCB officers has been found to be suspicious in this case, for which departmental inquiry has been initiated. Permission has been sought from senior officers to take action against those who are outside NCB,” an official said, reports NDTV.

A Special Investigation Team or SIT set up the NCB to probe allegations of impropriety by its officers in their handling of the Aryan Khan case has sent its vigilance report to its headquarters in Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.

“The investigation found that there were many irregularities in the case. Questions have also been raised about the intention of the officers involved in the investigation,” a source quoted by NDTV as saying.

As per media reports, statements of 65 people were recorded as part of the investigations. Some people changed their statements three to four times.

The news channel reported that the inquiry also uncovered lapses in the investigation of some other cases, the source said, adding that reports have been sent about all these cases.

The accusation of the probe being an extortion bid and that there had been demands of kickbacks to stymie the case against Aryan Khan and other influential targets have not been substantiated.