Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchantt, Munmun Dhamecha's bail plea rejected by Mumbai court

Mumbai's Esplanade court rejects bail plea of Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Munmun Dhamecha, in the case related to the seizure of drugs.

On Thursday, a Mumbai court ordered Aryan Khan and seven others to be held in judicial custody for 14 days. The matter was heard by a special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court, according to the Court. So far, 18 people have been arrested in connection with the cruise ship raid. A total of 17 people have been brought before the Mumbai court, with the 18th person still to be brought before the court.

Achit Kumar, who is the 17th person arrested by the NCB, was today remanded to NCB custody till October 9. His arrest was made after his name was disclosed by Aryan Khan and Arbaz Seth Merchant. Eight persons including Aryan Khan, Arbaz Seth Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha, Vikrant Chhoker, Ismeet Singh, Nupur Sarika, Gomit Chopra, and Mohak Jaswal were produced before Mumbai`s Esplanade Court earlier which remanded them to NCB custody till October 7. Today, they were again produced before the court which then remanded them to judicial custody .

As per the NCB, eight persons have been booked under Section 8C, 20B, 27 (Punishment for consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance), 35 (Presumption of culpable mental state) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act), 28 and 29.8C of NDPS Act refers to prohibition to produce, manufacture, possess, sell, purchase, transport, warehouse, use, consume, import inter-State, export inter-State, import into India, export from India or tranship any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance while Section 20B deals with punishment for producing, manufacturing, possessing, selling, purchasing, transportation, imports inter-State, exports inter-State or use of cannabis. 

 (Inputs from ANI)