On Friday, Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was given a clean chit by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the drugs-on-cruise case, citing an 'error' in the first probe. After the news broke out, actor Pooja Bhatt and filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma took to Twitter to share their reactions.
In her tweet, Pooja named former NCB official Sameer Wankhede, who led the initial probe in this case, and wrote 'Sameer who? Er sorry,where? Ah! Probably very busy being a righteous,publicity shy officer elsewhere? So much of a mess to clean up after all. And who better than the least corrupt of them all to cure society of all evil & rot. Except this time,no selfies allowed. #truthprevails (sic)."
Her second tweet read, "Tough times don’t last. Tough people do. Time heals all wounds. Time also wounds all heels (sic)."
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Ram Gopal Varma also spoke about the 'inefficiency and recklessness' of various agencies in his tweet and wrote, 'The only good thing which came about in #AryanKhan case is him being a celebrity @iamsrk ‘s son , it helped in vastly exposing the inefficiency and recklessness of various agencies subjecting innocent people to harassment which otherwise the common people can’t and won’t know of.'
Atul Kasbekar, producer of films 'Neerja' and 'Tumhari Sulu,' slammed a section of the media for their coverage of the case on Twitter. 'Now that there’s a complete clean chit for #AryanKhan by all the concerned govt agencies… I don’t suppose there’s an apology or some introspection forthcoming from all the media channels that were crucifying the kid in this flimsy case? Too much to expect some good grace," he wrote.
In October 2021, Aryan Khan was arrested by the NCB in connection to a drug raid on a Mumbai cruise. He spent 26 days in jail before he was granted bail.