Father of Arbaaz Merchant, who is co-accused with Shah Rukh Khan‘s son Aryan Khan in a drug on cruise case, said that he was worried about his son’s security and that he doesn’t know how he is being treated in jail. 

“I really don’t know how my son is and I don’t know what is happening inside the jail. I don’t even know who is he staying within the barrack and what kind of people are around him, Arbaaz Merchant’s father Aslam Merchant told ETimes in an interview.

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Arbaaz’s father also said that he was not allowed to meet his son for a long time after the latter was taken into custody after the hearing but could not.

“I wanted to speak to Arbaaz after the hearing and have been trying to get in touch with him but nothing helped. I also went to Khar police station,  which is near my house to register my phone number so that I get a chance to speak to my son, whose security is a big concern now because, as mentioned in the newspapers, he has been shifted to a general barrack of the jail,” said Merchant.

Merchant further told ETimes that he finally got an opportunity to talk to his son via a video call and it lasted only for three minutes. During the conversation, Arbaaz’s voice choked and he was begging him to get him out of the jail, said his father.

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 “I could see the fright on his face. I could feel his voice choking when he pleaded to me, ‘Pappa get us out of here, we are innocent.’ His choked voice and fright has scared me and I am worried about my son’s security,” said his father according to ETimes.

Arbaaz Merchant was taken into custody along with SRK’s son Aryan Khan, allegedly for consuming and peddling drugs in Mumbai by the NCB. 

Since then the accused have applied for bail four times but the pleas were rejected by the court each time.

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On Wednesday, a Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court, rejected bail plea of Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and others accused in the case. Their counsel later informed that they will approach the Bombay High Court in the matter.

Earlier, actor Shah Rukh Khan visited the Arthur Road Jail to meet his son Aryan for a brief period, following which he was seen leaving. Hours later, the NCB team was reported to have arrived at Khan’s own residence, Mannat, for the search operation.