Mumbai,(IANS)| Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) teams on Thursday formally ‘visited’ Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s residences in Bandra West and actress Ananya Pandey’s Khar West. The NCB also conducted raids at a place in Andheri on Thursday as part of the ongoing investigation of the rave party that took place on the luxury cruise ship on October 2.NCB Regional Director Sameer Wankhede later in a statement said, “The officials of the NCB Mumbai Zonal Unit, following the due process of notice, asked Shah Rukh Khan to demand certain material relating to the investigation of the case (Cr 94/21 case). Aryan Khan’s residence ‘Mannat’ in connection with this.
He also rubbished reports of some media outlets terming the NCB’s visit to superstar Shah Rukh’s sea-facing bungalow as a “raid”.The move that NCB caught everyone’s attention came soon after the Bombay High Court on Thursday morning decided to hear Shahrukh’s son Aryan Khan’s bail plea next Tuesday, October 26.
Along with this, Ananya Pandey, daughter of Bollywood actor Chunky Pandey and granddaughter of well-known heart surgeon late Dr. Sharad Pandey, has been summoned for investigation. The NCB has summoned the actress to its office for questioning in connection with the case.NCB has claimed that his name is apparently included in some WhatsApp chats of Aryan Khan, following which he has been called for questioning.As part of its investigation into the raids conducted in relation to the party going on the cruise ship, the NCB has so far arrested a total of 20 people and even more arrests cannot be ruled out.Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) national spokesperson and minister Nawab Malik had last week claimed that many bigwigs of Bollywood were being targeted.