The actor was detained in connection with the investigation into the alleged drug cartel in the film and television world.
Our Correspondent
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) today detained actor Ajaz Khan on his arrival in Mumbai for questioning. The actor is being detained in connection with a continuing investigation into the alleged drug cartel in the film and television world.
Khan was detained immediately on arrival at Mumbai airport from Rajasthan and questioned for eight hours. The Indian Express newspaper's website quoted an unnamed NCB officer confirming Khan's detention after his name reportedly cropped up during the questioning of a recently arrested peddler.
Actor Ajaz Khan detained from Mumbai airport, raids underway at two locations in Mumbai: Narcotics Control Bureau
— ANI (@ANI) March 30, 2021
Khan has denied the charges levelled against him even as the NCB raided his house. The actor claimed that nothing had been found at his home. The website quoted him as saying, "Neither was anything found from my home nor from the airport."
Maharashtra: NCB takes actor Ajaz Khan for a medical check-up before producing him before a court in Mumbai for remand.
— ANI (@ANI) March 31, 2021
"Only 4 sleeping pills were found at my home. My wife has suffered a miscarriage & is using these pills as antidepressants," he says. pic.twitter.com/y3R1UG3wvK
The actor has previously been arrested on two occasions for allegedly offensive posts on social media, which he duly apologized for and later took down.
The NCB has questioned several prominent members of the Hindi film industry following the death by suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June last year. The bureau has been investigating several drug dealers to find out whether they have links with members of the film industry.
