'Started smoking up in 2018, offered cocaine to a friend': What Aryan Khan told NCB | Exclusive
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Aryan Khan is said to have told the NCB that he started smoking weed in 2018 when he was in the US for studies. He also admitted to have offered cocaine to a 'friend' over WhatsApp.
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in his statement to the Narcotics Control Bureau said that he started smoking marijuana in 2018 when he was in the United States.
"I started smoking ganja in 2018 just for recreational purposes when I was in the US. Ganja smoking is legal there. Also, I was having some sleeping disorders and on a few internet articles, I read that smoking marijuana can help. In March 2020, I came to Mumbai after completing my studies. Then, through one of my friends, Adish Duggal, I procured imported ganja. I used to pay him Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,000 per gram."
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On being asked about Arbaaz Merchantt, Aryan said, "He has been my friend for the last 7-8 years. He also smokes ganja and hashish. I am not much fond of hashish but on his insistence, I tried hashish (charas) also." He said he was only into natural drugs like ganja and hashish.
On being asked about the “incriminating” WhatsApp chats and other information related to drug dealings, he said: "On my mobile phone, there is a chat from August 2019 where I had a conversation regarding weed (ganja) with my friend Ananya Panday. Ananya has a younger sister namely Rysa Panday. Ananya gave me weed after this conversation.
“She said she got it from Rysa who had received it from one of her friends. She told me that Rysa is not into ganja smoking. So, she gave it to me as I smoke ganja considering that I will consume it."
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