MUMBAI: Shiv Sena leader and farmer’s activist Kishore Tiwari on Monday moved Supreme Court seeking a judicial enquiry into affairs of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Mumbai and its officials following the arrest of Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan.
Aryan has been held by NCB in a case of alleged seizure of drugs from a cruise ship.
Tiwari is a noted farmer’s activist from Vidarbha region. Tiwari, who was head of the state-level task force for welfare of farmers, joined Sena in 2019.
Tiwari alleged that NCB’s top officials in Mumbai were ‘agents’ of BJP. “NCB is now trying to hide its wrong-doings. NCB court has kept Aryan in jail since there is a court holiday. So, there must also be a review of the judicial system of NCB court. SC must review working of the NCB’s zonal unit in Mumbai in the last two years. NCB is being used to settle political scores and drive personal agenda,” Tiwari told TOI.
Tiwari’s urged SC to take suo moto cognizance to protect fundamental rights of Aryan, who has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act by NCB’s zonal office in Mumbai. Tiwari sought Chief Justice NV Ramana’s ‘top priority’ intervention into the manner in which the ‘biased NCB’s is hounding film personalities, models and other celebs for nearly two years with ‘mala fide motives’.
