Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan’s arrest in connection with an alleged drugs on cruise ship case became the talk of the town last year. The star kid remained in spotlight after his arrest following Narcotics Control Bureau’s raid on a cruise ship party on October 2, 2021. Aryan, Munmun Dhamecha and Arbaaz Merchant were detained and later arrested on charges of consumption of drugs.
Tovino Thomas, who is busy promoting his new film Naaradan, recently spoke about Aryan Khan case and its media coverage. The Malayalam actor plays the role of a TV news anchor in the political thriller, which released on March 3.
Tovino, while talking to a portal, shared his opinion on the matter and said that the case was politically motivated to tarnish Shah Rukh and Aryan Khan’s image. The Minnal Murali star expressed his views and said that it looked like a politically motivated move to ruin Shah Rukh’s reputation.
“I think that was their purpose, that was the intention I think, from whatever we know now, there was a political intention to tarnish Shah Rukh Khan’s reputation, his son’s reputation, it looks like that. I am not stating it but it looks like that,” Tovino told Bollywood Hungama.
The Bombay High Court granted bail to Aryan Khan on October 28, 25 days after his arrest in the alleged drugs-on-cruise case. He returned home on October 30 after spending nearly a month in the jail.
According to a report in IANS, no evidence was found during the investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of NCB which connected Aryan Khan with the international drug conspiracy.
The NCB on Wednesday (March 2) issued a statement to dismiss the reports that suggested that the federal agency had cleared Aryan in the drugs case. NCB Deputy Director-General Sanjay Singh and the SIT released a statement and claimed that the reports were just ‘speculations’ as their ‘investigation was not yet complete’.
Singh said that ‘the reports were not cross-checked with the agency, and it would be premature to say anything at this stage’.
Talking about Shah Rukh, the Chennai Express actor announced his new film Pathaan by sharing a teaser on social media. The action film co-starring Deepika Padukone and John Abraham will hit the silver screens on January 25, 2023.
