A week after Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan walked out of a jail in Mumbai, a top officer of the federal anti-narcotics agency probing the 23-year-old's involvement in a cruise-on-drugs case was shunted out on Friday. Sources told UNB that Sameer Wankhede, the zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) was removed as the investigating officer over allegations that he had demanded from Shah Rukh Rs 8 crore bribe via a witness "to settle the high-profile case". "A special investigation team, led by senior police officer Sanjay Singh, has now taken over the cruise-on-drugs case from Wankhede," the sources said. Aryan secured bail from the High Court in Mumbai on October 28 and was released from  Mumbai's high-security Arthur Road jail two days later, more than three weeks after his arrest in the cruise-on-drugs case. In fact, Aryan and his two friends -- Arbaz Merchant and Mummun Dhamecha -- were arrested by the NCB on October 3 after hours of grilling in connection with a rave party the federal agency busted on board a cruise ship off Mumbai coast a day before. Also read: Shah Rukh Khan's son gets bail in drugs-on-cruise case On the evening of October 2 evening, some 30 NCB sleuths, disguised as passengers, boarded luxury cruise liner 'Empress' which departed Mumbai port for the neighbouring state of Goa. The cruise ship was carrying mostly celebrities from Bollywood and the fashion industry. As soon as the rave party began, the NCB sleuths swung into action and claimed to have caught red-handed those having drugs. Aryan, his two friends, and seven others were soon detained. While two of the detainees were freed after questioning, the NCB sleuths placed Aryan and seven others under arrest. Aryan's father Shah Rukh is considered the most talented Bollywood star. Popularly called "King Khan", he has acted in over 80 films in a career spanning over 25 years. And he has a net worth of USD 700 million. Shah Rukh, in fact, rose to prominence after starring in 1995 romantic film 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge', the longest-running blockbuster in the history of Indian cinema. The film was shot in India and Europe. Also read: India's anti-narcotics police raid Shah Rukh Khan's house Some of his other blockbusters include 'Dil To Pagal Hai' (1997) and 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' (1998). Shah Rukh was also widely praised for his superb performance in 2002 film 'Devdas', where he played an alcoholic. The 55-year-old, who owns production company Red Chillies Entertainment and Indian Premier League cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders, is married to interior designer Gauri Chibber, a Punjabi Hindu. Apart from Aryan, they have a daughter and another son.

Bollywood actor Gaurav Dixit has been absconding since Friday night (April 02, 201) when India's narcotics control authority raided his flat in the city of Mumbai and seized huge quantities of banned drugs, officials said Saturday. Gaurav made his debut in Bollywood with the film Fun Can Be Dangerous Sometimes in 2005. His other popular films include Bobby: Love and Lust (2005) and The Magic of Cinema in 2011. He also acted in a number of TV serials. Sleuths of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) carried out the raid at the actor's flat around 9 pm on Friday after his name emerged in the Bollywood drugs scandal during the recent interrogation of another actor, Ajaz Khan. Also read: Bollywood: Sushant's ex Rhea among 33 charged in drugs case "Gaurav was not at home then. But he fled when he saw the anti-narcotics sleuths upon his return to the highrise apartment complex. We have seized huge quantities of ecstasy and hashish from his flat," an NCB official told UNB. NCB started probing the drugs scandal following the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June last year. Among the first to be arrested in the case were his rumoured girlfriend Rhea, also an actor, and her brother Showik. Both are currently out on bail. Rhea was, in fact, arrested by NCB on September 9, following days of questioning, and accused of procuring cannabis for her late actor-boyfriend, whose body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his Mumbai flat on June 14. Also read: Bollywood drugs scandal: Actor Arjun Rampal grilled for over 6 hours Immediately after the arrest of Rhea, the names of at least 20 top Bollywood celebrities — from actors to filmmakers to designers — surfaced in the drugs case.  Several of them, including leading female Bollywood actors —  Rakul Preet Singh,  Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan and Shraddha Kapoor — were subsequently grilled by NCB.  All the actors, however, reportedly denied any links with such drug dealers. The grilling took place in the wake of WhatsApp chats retrieved from Rhea's mobile phone indicating that they procured banned substances like cannabis, weed and hash from dealers with links to foreign countries. Read Bollywood: Chargesheet against Sushant's ex Rhea a 'damp squib'

 

India's narcotics control authority probing the Bollywood drugs scandal grilled model-turned-actor Arjun Rampal for over six hours in the city of Mumbai on Monday.

A widely circulated video footage of several Bollywood celebrities allegedly consuming drugs during a party at filmmaker Karan Johar's home in the city of Mumbai has prompted India's narcotics control authority to widen its probe into the drugs scandal.

Three Bollywood stars — Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan — were grilled by India's narcotics control authority in Mumbai on Saturday, in a drugs probe linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

The Bollywood drugs scandal in India is getting murkier with each passing day.