Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan on Thursday reached Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai to meet his son Aryan Khan who has been behind bars since October 3 in connection with a drugs case.

The 23-year-old was arrested with seven others when the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted a drugs party on board a Goa-bound cruise ship off Mumbai.

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On Wednesday, a special court in Mumbai refused to grant bail to Aryan Khan and two others in connection with the seizure of banned drugs. An appeal has been filed in the high court challenging the lower court’s order.

While a large section of the glamour world has strongly expressed their support towards the Bollywood star’s family and has questioned the arrest and consequent legalities, Khan had so far remained mostly absent from the lens.

His wife Gauri had once waited outside the court when Aryan’s hearing was underway but was seen teary eyed when the court had sent her son back to the jail.

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In Aryan Khan’s WhatsApp chats, there is a reference to “bulk quantity” and “hard drugs” and “there is prima facie material showing that accused No 1 was in contact with persons dealing in prohibited narcotic substances”, the order added.

Notably, the NCB team had at mid-sea busted the alleged drugs party on October 2 aboard a Cordelia Cruise ship that was on its way to Goa.

As many as 20 people, including two Nigerian nationals, Delhi-based event management professionals, and Mumbai-based drug peddlers, have so far been arrested in the case related to the seizure of drugs from the ship.