Aryan Khan drug case was a 'political intention' to harm Shah Rukh Khan's reputation, says Tovino Thomas
India Today
Malayalam actor Tovino Thomas shared his take on the Aryan Khan drugs case. He claimed that it was a political agenda to tarnish Shah Rukh Khan, Aryan's reputation.
On October 3, 2021, Aryan Khan was arrested for his alleged involvement in a drug raid conducted by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Ever since the arrest, there have been several debates that claimed the controversy could be a political agenda. After many celebrities had similar opinions, Malayalam actor Tovino Thomas, in an interview, claimed that the Aryan Khan drug case could be a political move.
The Aryan Khan drug case was one of the biggest news of 2021. Shah Rukh Khan’s son was in jail for 22 days before he was let out on bail. After many who’s who claimed that there was a political agenda behind the whole Aryan Khan drug fiasco, South actor Tovino Thomas was the latest to share his standpoint. In a conversation with Bollywood Hungama, the interviewer mentioned Aryan’s case and shared that his reputation has been affected. To which, Tovino replied, “That was their purpose. That was the intention I think, from whatever we know now, there was a political intention to tarnish Shah Rukh Khan's reputation, his son's reputation, it looks like that. I'm not stating it but it looks like that."
Recently, reports had it that the NCB had failed to find evidence of Aryan Khan being involved in any kind of drug conspiracy. It was later clarified that this doesn’t mean that the star kid has received a clean chit. Reacting to this, Tovino shared, “People will believe it was manipulated. That there was some kind of manipulation, which is why he is clear now. People like to think that."
Aryan Khan and Shah Rukh Khan had kept a low profile in public and social media after the drug case. However, just a few days back, Aryan was spotted with his sister Suhana Khan at the Indian Premiere League (IPL) auctions. SRK too, on March 2, interacted with his fans on Twitter after Pathaan's date announcement video was released.
Malayalam actor Tovino Thomas was last seen in Netflix movie, Minnal Murali. The film was a sleeper hit. Next, he has a couple of projects in the pipeline.
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