NCP, Congress ask CM to order probe into NCB raid

The Congress and the NCP, each alliance companions within the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi, have requested chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to ask the state police to probe the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) raid on the cruise ship which led to the arrest of eight individuals together with Bollywood famous person Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan.

This might result in a recent row between the state and the Centre, stated observers.

State minister Nawab Malik of the NCP alleged that three people detained by the NCB following the raid have been let off by the company. He claimed that Rishabh Sachdeva, Amir Furniturewala and Pratik Gaba have been detained, together with Aryan Khan and others on October 2, however the three have been let off after the intervention of BJP leaders.

“Rishabh Sachdeva is the brother-in-law of Mumbai BJP chief Mohit Kamboj. He was detained together with Furniturewala and Gaba and brought to the NCB workplace. Nonetheless, they have been let off after a couple of hours. We’ve got info that the NCB acquired calls from BJP leaders from Delhi and therefore launched the three,” stated Malik.

The NCP chief alleged that Furniturewala and Gaba have been let off though they have been those who had invited Aryan Khan to the cruise. “There have been no drugs recovered, this was a pre-planned conspiracy to lure Aryan. There have been 1,300 individuals on the cruise. Nonetheless, they detained solely these eight whereas the organisers and people who invited Aryan have been let off scot-free,” stated Malik.

He additionally produced video clips which he stated confirmed the three being detained and brought into the NCB workplace on October 2 after which being let off.

Malik stated that the state police or the anti-narcotics cell of the state authorities ought to examine the cellphone information of the three detained and whether or not any cellphone calls have been made to the NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede by BJP leaders.