My God! Talk about misrepresenting the article! I did a quick read first, then did a slower one.
What the journo is saying there are discrepancies between what NCB Mumbai recorded and what the NCB SIT found.
SIT recorded Aryan’s statement in a Q & A format with 17 questions.
This is what he said to NCB Mumbai, under Wankhede:
Aryan said he and Achit would refer to weed as “DOKHA” and would get it from local tobacco shops. Asked if he ever did drugs, he said, “Only experimentally for recreational purposes. I have consumed marijuana in the USA and Los Angeles. But I have never consumed any drugs including marijuana in India.”
‘Got it from Ananya’
Aryan told NCB Mumbai that his childhood friend Ananya gave her weed after she found it with a close relative, who was a minor. He said she gave him the weed to dispose of. However, in her statement to NCB Mumbai on October 22, 2021, Ananya said, “...I want to explain that this is false and I am unaware why he is lying about this,” adding, “I am completely unaware why he would say something like this in reference to a 2019 chat.” Ananya said all the references to drugs in her chats with Aryan are just part of friendly banter. “I have consumed alcohol and smoked cigarettes with Aryan but never drugs and contrabands and I have never seen him consume any drugs.”
This is what he said to SIT/NCB
Aryan on Ananya to SIT
Aryan told the SIT of NCB that his chat with Ananya about “drugs” was nothing but a joke. “I jokingly called her a drug dealer but she has never given me any drugs,” he said. The SIT never questioned Ananya as the chats were not related to their case. While there are more than 35 alleged drug chats of Aryan mentioned in the charge sheet but none of those chats came under the purview of the SIT.
SIT’s clean chit
While giving clean chit to Aryan Khan, the SIT in its charge sheet said, “During the analysis of voluntary statements of Aryan and Arbaaz A Merchant, Arbaaz A Merchant in none of his statements, claimed that the 06 gm Charas recovered from his possession was meant for consumption by Aryan Khan. Aryan Khan vide his voluntary statements also, never accepted that the recovered charas was to be consumed by him.”
The SIT also said that its investigation will continue against known and unknown accused persons and a supplementary charge sheet will also be filed. Apart from Aryan, five more accused were given clean chit by the SIT raising serious questions on the investigation done by NCB Mumbai under former Zonal Director Sameer Wankhade. The NCB in its internal note to NCB director-general has said that investigating officer was “motivated” to frame Aryan.
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That is, official statements from SIT say the ones from NCB Mumbai were not true. Internal documents (which is something media hasn't seen) claim investigating officer, ie Wankhede, was motivated to frame Aryan.
The smear here is not being done by the tabloids. It's actually being done on this tiny forum by the peeps who claim the exact opposite of what the article says. Congratulations or something! You're now as bad as the yellow press.
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