Bollywood superstar’s son walks out from jail in drugs case

NEW DELHI — Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s lad walked retired of jailhouse connected Saturday and was greeted with dancing and firecrackers, implicit 3 weeks aft his apprehension during a cause raid connected a cruise vessel enactment successful Mumbai, the country’s fiscal and amusement capital.

The Bombay High Court granted bail to 23-year-old Aryan Khan connected Thursday but helium spent 2 much nights successful the city’s Arthur Road jailhouse due to the fact that his papers did not scope the situation authorities by the deadline of 5:30 p.m. Friday.

Hundreds of fans of Shah Rukh Khan, who recovered himself astatine the halfway of a boycott run connected societal media owed to the precocious illustration cause case, lined up to greet Khan arsenic helium arrived astatine his location successful Mumbai. Some danced and lit firecrackers successful jubilation.

Khan and 7 others were detained connected Oct. 3 erstwhile narcotics agents raided a enactment and seized drugs connected a luxury cruise vessel disconnected the Mumbai coast. He was held successful the jailhouse since Oct. 8.

India’s narcotics bureau said it has grounds successful the signifier of WhatsApp messages that Khan was progressive successful illicit cause dealings.

Mukul Rohatgi, Khan’s lawyer, told the tribunal that the bureau did not find immoderate drugs connected Khan and allegations that helium was successful interaction with cause dealers were untrue. He called the apprehension “arbitrary” and said the bureau did not behaviour a aesculapian introspection to amusement helium had consumed drugs.

The lawsuit has dominated headlines and societal media successful India, with fans of the histrion demanding Khan’s merchandise portion others calling for a boycott of his father’s films.

The 55-year-old megastar is India’s astir loved histrion and is known arsenic the “King of Bollywood.” He has starred successful much than 105 movies implicit astir 3 decades.

In September past year, immoderate of Bollywood’s astir salient stars were questioned by the narcotics bureau successful transportation with the decease of celebrated histrion Sushant Singh Rajput. Rajput died by termination and doctors and constabulary ruled retired drugs.