Aryan Khan case: Arbaaz Merchant’s father Aslam Merchant says his son is relieved that NCB’s chargesheet has no serious allegations against him – Exclusive! – Times of India

Aryan Khan was given a clean chit by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) but his friend and co-accused Arbaaz Merchant was charged with possession of small quantities of Narcotics. ETimes reached out to Arbaaz’s father Aslam Merchant to record his reaction to the same. Aslam, who is also a lawyer remarked, “Half the battle is won and half the battle is left. The point is, they wanted to make a mountain out of a molehill. They wanted to make it a big case, but by the grace of almighty the case has become small.”

Aslam maintained that the charges filed against his son aren’t alarming. He explained, “The small quantity is a consumption quantity and thankfully the accusation in the chargesheet is of a small quantity. In the past, celebrities like Bharti Singh have gotten away with possession of 80 and 100 grams. Her case was settled in the Kila Court itself, even this case should have been settled in the Kila Court. But here, because Aryan was involved, the case went out of proportion. Now once the media attention and media glare will reduce, the judges will also be able to focus on delivering the right verdict.”

He is confident that his son will be relieved of the case, soon, too. He said, “Arbaaz will come out of this case very soon because the chargesheet itself has suggested consumption quantity. When the NCB was alleging the conspiracy they were clubbing the entire team of accused together. But now things are clear that there was nobody else but only Arbaaz and Aryan together. If it was just these two boys then they have not conspired with anybody. This pushes the conspiracy theory out. It’s also been said that neither Arbaaz nor Aryan were in touch with any peddlers.”

One of the main conditions of Arbaaz and Aryan Khan’s bail was that the two best friends could no longer meet till the investigation was on. Aslam revealed, “Now that the bail conditions are over, Arbaaz and Aryan can meet if they want to. The bail conditions were valid for 6 months, but they extended the conditions by 2 months because they had to file the chargesheet before May 30. Thankfully, no serious allegations have been leveled against Arbaaz.”

Finally, he also revealed that his son and their entire family are content with the developments. He said, “Arbaaz is feeling relieved. There has been a sigh of relief in the family. Monday is Arbaaz’s birthday and this is the perfect gift for the special occasion.”