Mumbai

The vigilance department of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has submitted its report pointing to the irregularities and "suspicious behaviour" on the part of seven to eight officers of the agency in the investigation of the Cordelia cruise drugs case, in which popular Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was arrested last year.

NCB's Vigilance team probing the Aryan Khan case on Tuesday submitted its inquiry report in Delhi headquarters and "many shortcomings were found in the investigation."

It is pertinent to mention that Mumbai NCB was headed by Sameer Wankhede when the Aryan case was being probed and the NCB has flagged irregularities and "suspicious behaviour" on the part of seven to eight officers of the agency.

The report highlighted that Aryan khan was "deliberately targeted."

Apart from Aryan Khan's case, deficiencies were also seen in the investigation of other cases, the report of all these has been sent by the Vigilance team to the Delhi Headquarters.

The vigilance team in its report has also recommended action against the officers posted in the unit of Mumbai NCB, including the name of the zonal director of Mumbai NCB.

However, the Central Government in May directed the competent authority to take appropriate action against the former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official Sameer Wankhede for his shoddy investigation into the cruise drug bust case involving Aryan Khan.

The Centre's action came soon after the NCB gave a clean chit to Aryan Khan and five others and has not filed any chargesheet against them citing the lack of evidence.

The Centre had directed a departmental inquiry against Wankhede for "shoddy" probe.

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An NCB team busted an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise ship which was on its way to Goa at mid-sea on October 2, 2021 night. Eight persons arrested 20 people including Aryan Khan, along with other accused Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha in the case.