Mumbai: The drugs case involving the Cordelia Cruise Ship, in which Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested in October 2021, has resurfaced. Prabhakar Sail, a witness for the Narcotics Control Bureau, died on Friday afternoon, according to ANI. In the narcotic on cruise ship case, where Aryan was detained alongside his companion Arbaaz Merchant last year in October, NCB’s Panch witness was Prabhakar Sail. Prabhakar’s counsel now claims that he died on Friday of a heart attack.
ANI tweeted, “Mumbai | NCB’s panch witness in Cordelia cruise drug case, Prabhakar Sail died yesterday. As per his lawyer Tushar Khandare, he died of a heart attack at his residence in Mahul area of Chembur yesterday.” Prabhakar was one of the witnesses who had alleged extortion by NCB officials last year during the probe of the Cordelia Cruise Ship drugs case in which Aryan was arrested. After Aryan was arrested, he was sent to Arthur Road Jail where he was an inmate till October 30 with his friend Arbaaz Merchant. As per India Today, Prabhakar Sail’s family did not ‘suspect any foul play’.
The case was recently brought back into the spotlight when the NCB sought that the Court permit them 90 days to file a chargesheet in Aryan’s case. The Court, on the other hand, simply gave them another 60 days to file a chargesheet. The NCB had set an April 2 deadline for filing the chargesheet in Aryan Khan’s case. The SIT team, on the other hand, petitioned the Mumbai Sessions Court for an extension in the case.
Munmun Dhamecha was also detained in the Cordelia Cruise Ship Drugs case last year, alongside Aryan Khan and his associate Arbaaz Merchant. When his son’s bail application was being considered in court, Shah Rukh also paid a visit to the Arthur Road jail. The Bombay High Court granted Aryan bail, and he was released on October 30, 2021. Aryan has been spending time with his family since then.
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