Shah Rukh Khan is in a tough situation right now. His son Aryan Khan’s bail plea got rejected for the third time in a row yesterday. There were reports coming that Khan is devastated after his son’s arrest by the Narcotics Control Bureau in his alleged connection to a drugs case. Some even claimed that he is not even eating or sleeping properly. He was also keeping himself away from the media glare. Now, Shah Rukh has made his first public appearance after this unfortunate incident.
On Thursday, Khan was spotted visiting Aryan at Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail. As he left, Shah Rukh was seen greeting a woman and others sitting outside the jail with folded hands.
A special court in Mumbai on Wednesday refused to grant bail to Aryan, and two others in connection with the seizure of banned drugs.
Soon after, there came reactions from various celebrities. Filmmakers Rahul Dholakia and Hansal Mehta, who have given their views on Aryan Khan’s arrest earlier also called the decision of court “heartbreaking” and “outrageous”.
“Outrageous !!! You are saying there is a ‘possible’ connection to his ‘international’ racket based on ‘WhatsApp’ chat recovered from his phone, that you confiscated on a ‘bust’ where he ‘had nothing’? And you have been fishing for days and yet not found anything? #FreeAryanKhan,” tweeted the director of Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees, Rahul Dholakia.
Since Aryan’s arrest, many Bollywood celebrities like Hrithik Roshan, filmmakers Zoya Akhtar, Farah Khan, Mehta, comedian Johnny Lever, actors Raveena Tandon, Pooja Bhatt, Vivek Vaswani, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, etc. have come out in support of SRK and his son. Salman, who is a close friend of Shah Rukh has visited him quite a few times since Aryan’s arrest.
For the unversed, the Aryan Khan was arrested on October 2, after NCB conducted raids on the Cordelia, a luxury cruise. Not only Aryan but seven others were also taken into custody. After Aryan’s arrest, he was sent to 14-day judicial custody on October 7 and is currently at Arthur Road jail since October 8.