Consumed 'ganja' in US for relief from sleeping disorder: Aryan Khan told NCB

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan who has got a clean chit in last years drugsoncruise case had told the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB that he started consuming ganja during his graduation days in the US as he was having a sleeping disorder as per a charge sheet filed by the agencyThe NCB on Friday filed a chargesheet in a Mumbai court against 14 out of 20 people who were arrested in the case last October following a raid on a cruise ship and alleged seizure of drugs Six of them including Aryan Khan were not named due to lack of evidence the central agency saidIn one of his statements before the NCB Aryan Khan admitted that he started smoking ganja in the US in 2018 when he was doing graduation there as per the chargesheet During that time he was having some sleeping disorders and he read over a few internet articles that ganja smoking can help in this regard he told the agency In another statement Aryan Khan admitted that the incriminating WhatsApp drug chat found in his mobile phone was done by him the NCB saidHe also told the agency that he knows a dealer in Bandra area of Mumbai but does not know his name or exact location as primarily he the dealer is known to his friend Aachit a coaccused in the case said the chargesheet The NCB while giving a clean chit to Aryan Khan in the drugsoncruise case had said there was no recovery of drugs from him or any concrete evidence to prove that he conspired with the other accusedDuring the analysis of voluntary statements of Aryan Khan and Arbaaz A Merchant a coaccused it came to light that Merchant in none of his statements claimed that the six gm charas recovered from his possession was meant for consumption by Aryan Khan the chargesheet said It further stated that Aryan Khan in his voluntary statements also never accepted that the recovered charas was to be consumed by him In fact Arbaaz in his statement of October 6 2021 stated that he was warned by Aryan Khan not to carry any narcotic drug on the cruise the NCB saidAlso Aryan Khans mobile phone was not formally seized and none of the chats recovered from his phone connect him to the present case it said No recovery of drugs from Aryan Khan and nonavailability of any concrete evidence which could prove role of Aryan Khan or his conspiracy with Arbaaz A Merchant or any other accused in the instant case beyond reasonable doubt surfaced during the investigation carried so far Hence no complaint is being filed against him in the instant case the chargesheet saidBut the chargesheet mentioned that in one his statements before the probe agency Aryan Khan accepted that he had consumed Marijuana when he was in Los Angeles US on an experimental basis for recreational purpose He had also accepted his WhatsApp chats with another accused Aachit for drug procurement Aryan Khan stated that they talked about buying Dokha a word used for weed the chargesheet saidFurther in a statement Aryan Khan admitted to his chat conversation with actress Ananya Pandey regarding weed procurement and said those messages were sent through the imessage feature of the iphone the chargesheet claimed Accordingly a voluntary statement Pandey was recorded When she was shown the drug chats held in 2019 she acknowledged the chats by putting her signatures and said the chats related to weed were made in jest and it was a joke in an attempt to be funny the chargesheet saidShe told that all the chats held with Aryan were an extension of the same joke as mentioned earlier Ananya Pandey told that Aryan is lying and she is completely unaware why Aryan said something like this the chargesheet claimed Based on the disclosure made by Aryan Khan a followup action against Ananya Pandey was carried out on October 21 last year Upon search of her house no illicit contraband was found however some electronic gadgets were recovered and seized the chargesheet saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever