Ananya Panday denies charges - to be questioned again

Saturday, 23 October 2021 - 10:53

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Actor Ananya Panday, questioned on two days by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the drugs-on-cruise case, has denied using drugs or helping Aryan Khan source them.

The 22-year-old Bollywood star was summoned reportedly on the basis of two-year-old WhatsApp chats found on the phone of Aryan Khan, details of which have been leaked by the anti-drugs agency. Her questioning will continue on Monday.

Aryan Khan, the son of superstar Shah Rukh Khan, was arrested following a drugs raid on a cruise ship party on October 2 and has been in jail since October 8.

Before sending her summons, a team of NCB sleuths raided Ananya Panday's residence in Mumbai's Bandra. As per reports, Ananya Panday was summoned after her name appeared in the WhatsApp chats of Aryan Khan who is lodged at the Arthur Road jail in connection with a drugs case.

Aryan and Ananya discussed about Ganja ?
Now, as per NCB sources, it has come to light that in the chats, Aryan and Ananya have been found to be talking about ganja.

According to foreign media reports, in the chats, Aryan Khan asked Ananya Pandey 'if ganja can be arranged," to which she replied, she will arrange and when Ananya Panday was questioned in this regard, the actress said she was joking with Aryan Khan. According to these reports, they also have several chats in which the two are talking about narcotics substances on different occasions.

Meanwhile, the court extended Aryan Khan's custody till October 30. His bail plea will be heard by the Bombay High Court on October 26.

“This is not a production house” but “office of central agency”
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede reportedly reprimanded Ananya Panday on Friday for arriving at the agency’s office three hours later than the appointed time.

Bollywood actor Ananya Panday was asked to appear before the agency at 11 am on Friday in connection with the NCB’s probe in the Mumbai drugs case in which Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested earlier this month.

Ananya Panday was asked to appear at the NCB office for second round of questioning on Friday. She finally reached the agency’s office at 2 pm on Friday.

NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede reportedly reprimanded the actress for arriving three hours late to the agency's office.

According to sources, Sameer Wankhede told Ananya Panday that the NCB is not “production house” but “office of central agency”.

She helped supply drugs to Aryan
"The chats recovered from Aryan Khan's mobile phone reveal that in the year 2018-19, she helped supply drugs to Aryan thrice by providing him the numbers of drug dealers," NCB sources told ANI.

ANI quoted the sources as saying that Ananya Panday's name comes up in a chat that reveals she supplied weed to Aryan thrice including one at a well-attended get-together.

"Ananya denied the supply-related talks in the chat conversation and told the NCB officials that she has never consumed or supplied the drugs," the sources were quoted as saying.

Aryan Khan is in Mumbai's Arthur Road jail and has been denied bail twice. His request for bail will be heard by the Bombay High Court on Tuesday. Yesterday, his father, superstar Shah Rukh Khan, visited him in jail for the first time.

The 23-year-old star son, his friend Arbaaz Merchant and 18 others were arrested after an NCB team in disguise busted an alleged rave party on the Cordelia Cruise ship that was on its way to Goa.

No drugs were found on Aryan Khan; the case against him is based entirely on information from his WhatsApp chats.

"We have seized both phones of Ananya Panday, which includes an old handset as well as the phone she purchased a few months ago. The phones have been seized to check evidence tampering," NCB sources told ANI.

Ananya Panday is best friends with Aryan Khan's sister
Ananya Panday is best friends with Aryan Khan's sister Suhana and they all share a common friends' circle.

Ananya Panday, the daughter of actor Chunky Panday, debuted in films in 2019 and is among the rising younger generation of stars in Bollywood.

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