Making serious allegations against the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the arrest of Aryan Khan and others in connection with the Mumbai cruise raid case, the Nationalist Congress Party chief spokesperson Nawab Malik said that two private persons, including a BJP worker, were seen arresting the accused and the entire episode was stage-managed by the NCB.

Malik said the television coverage and photographs showed a BJP worker Manish Bhanushali arresting and escorting Arbaaz Merchant and other person named KP Gosavi was seen with Aryan Khan in a viral photo. He alleged that the photos and videos of the seized drugs released by the NCB were not taken from the cruise, but forged in the NCB zonal office.