As former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi and senior advocate Amit Desai concluded their arguments defending Aryan Khan on Tuesday, the Bombay High Court adjourned the matter till 2.30 pm on Wednesday. Opposing Khan’s bail plea, the Narcotics Control Bureau accused his father Shah Rukh Khan’s manager Pooja Dadlani of influencing witnesses. The agency said the allegations against its zonal director Sameer Wankhede are an attempt to derail the investigation into the drugs-on-cruise case.

In its reply before HC, the NCB said, “At this juncture, without going into the merits, the Respondents state and submit that attempts are being made on behalf to tamper with the ongoing investigation with a malafide attempt to derail the same. This is evident from the contents of a purported affidavit dated October 23, 2021, by one Prabhakar R Sail. Such a document has not been filed in any proceeding before any court despite the fact that the matter is subjudice before the Hon’ble Sessions Court and this Hon’ble Court.”