Ananya Pandey the daughter of Chunky Pandey was summoned by the NCB at their office at 2pm.

A notice was sent to her after the agency conducted raids at her residence. Sources in the NCB said that her name has been under the scanner for a few days. Aryan was apparently discussing drugs during the Mumbai cruise party with an upcoming Bollywood actress.

The NCB had submitted their WhatsApp chat to the special court on Wednesday. His chats with drug peddlers were also given to court. The NCB, however, is yet to confirm if Ananya’s case is connected to Aryan Khan‘s matter. Meanwhile, the agency officials were also spotted outside Shah Rukh Khan‘s residence ‘Mannat’.

Bombay high court will hear Aryan Khan’s bail plea on October 26, his lawyers were quoted as saying by ANI. Earlier, it was said that his case will likely to be mentioned before Justice NW Sambre today, seeking urgent hearing. The move came after a Mumbai special court denied Shah Rukh Khan’s son bail in the drugs case filed by the Narcotics Control Bureau. In the morning, Bollywood superstar SRK arrived at Arthur Road jail today to meet son Aryan after prison authorities permitted in-person meeting. Physical meetings will be allowed from today, days after being banned due to Covid protocol. Thursday is Aryan’s 18th day in jail since arrest.

The special NDPS Act court in its 21-page order noted that WhatsApp chats of Aryan Khan prima facie revealed that he was “dealing in illicit drug activities on a regular basis” and therefore it cannot be said that he was not likely to commit a similar offence if released on bail. The NCB had earlier argued in court that Aryan was not new to drugs, though no drug was found on him.

The drugs found on Aryan Khan’s friend Arbaaz Merchant were for Aryan and Arbaaz’s personal consumption, they said. However, the defence insisted that the NCB has no grounds to continue to keep the accused in custody since no drugs were recovered from the personal possession of Aryan and that his WhatsApp chats only consisted of messages about football and other related stuff.

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