NCB is an 'ostrich with head buried in the sand': Ex-AG Mukul Rohatgi

Delivering stinging punches former Attorney General of India AGI Mukul Rohatgi has said that the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB is like an Ostrich with its head buried in the sand while the poor rich boy Aryan Khan is paying the price for being a celebRohatgi said the law clearly states that bail is the norm jail is an exception and the issue settled many years ago by the Supreme Court since the most established tenet of the Constitution is the Right to Life and Right to Liberty not only for Indians but also foreigners in IndiaIf they want to give him Khan bail it can be done right away even on public holidays he unequivocally declared on a private news channel as others were all attentive ears said RohatgiItrsquos incredible that someone remains inside jail for so many days without seizure of drugs or any other proof No medical examination so no consumption How can he be held in custody when the max sentence would be one year assuming he was found with drugs Rohatgi assertedOther prominent personalities who whipped the NCB included Shiv Sena leader Kishore Tiwari designated as MoS topnotch lawyers Vikas Singh and Dr Pinky Anand both former Additional SolicitorGenerals of IndiaElsewhere the Nationalist Congress Party National Spokesperson and Minister Nawab Malik is meticulously investigating the NCBs skeletons catching it by surprise and rattling its supersleuths reminiscent of a similar probe of an exCBI Director undertaken by a group of intrepid journos in the late1980sRohatgi also trashed the NCBs dark theories of international conspiracy wondering who will believe that he Khan is a peddler or needed money so was doing it for money plus he was not even a passenger on the cruise ship but a mere invitee maybe impromptu at the last minuteWhatsApp chats are not evidence unless due procedures of law are followed Confessions of an accused are not admissible as evidence without proper safeguards In this case Khan is clearly paying the price of being a celeb Rohatgi saidHe dismissively said that such run of the mill cases come up by dozens daily and nobody even bothers about them but because here a personality like Aryan Khan was involved the NCB is unwilling to listen to reasonRohatgis censure of the NCB came even as Khan and the other male coaccused were dumped from a quarantine cell to a general cell in the august company of other hardcore criminals in the Arthur Road Central Jail ARCJ which once housed the Pakistani terrorist Ajmal KasabNow since his detention on October 2 and 16 nights away from the jannatheaven of Shah Rukh Khans iconic seafacing bungalow Mannat prayer in Bandra west Aryan has changed to regular jail attire albeit nondesigner variety with N956 allotted as his undertrial prisoner rollcall numberLast week the celeb cub was permitted to make an emotional videocall with the Bollywood Lion King Khan and his wife Gauri amid reports that his sister Suhana had taken ill at her brothers continuing stints in custodyThough no special treatment is given to Aryan or the other youngsters lodged in separate barracks each received a money order of Rs 4500 from their families as per jail rules for subsistenceThey can spend this money to buy foods of their choice from the modest menu of the ARCJ a far cry from Aryan dads generous wads of allowances and specially designed lavish cuisines no matter if he occasionally has to take appointments to meet his Pa at homeFinally pulling the NCBs ears Rohatgi said given the changed values in modern times instead of harassing youngsters the NCB should go after and nab those who are enticing the youth by supplying such poisons drugs whether in Punjab or Mumbai or anywhere in the countryThis 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