‘Attention successfully diverted from Lakhimpur incident’: Congress’ Kapil Sabil slams NCB over Aryan Khan drug case

KEY STORY

• Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Friday slammed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) over the Aryan Khan drug case alleging that it was a tactic used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre to divert the attention of the masses from the Lakhimpur incident.

• “Aryan Khan, Narcotics Control Bureau investigation. New Jurisprudence: No evidence of consumption, possession, Guilty till proven innocent Attention successfully diverted from Ashish Mishra ( Lakhimpur Kheri )​ (sic),” Sibal tweeted.

• Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, was arrested by the NCB on October 3 from a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. He will be in jail for at least six more days, as a special court earlier on Thursday posted his and two others’ bail pleas for orders on October 20.

Aryan Khan
Narcotics Control Bureau investigation

New Jurisprudence:

No evidence of :
consumption
possession

Guilty till proven innocent

Attention successfully diverted from Ashish 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐚 ( Lakhimpur Kheri )

— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) October 15, 2021

Based on a tip-off that a rave party was scheduled on the ship, an NCB team raided the Goa-bound Cordelia cruise on October 2 evening and allegedly seized drugs. Several persons including Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha were arrested.

The Congress leader launched a scathing attack on the Union government as India, with a score of 27.5, has slipped from the 94th to the 101st position out of 116 countries in the 2021 Global Hunger Index (GHI).

“Congratulations Modi ji for eradicating: 1) poverty 2) hunger 3) making India a global power 4) for our digital economy
5) …………… so much more Global Hunger Index: 2020: India ranked 94, 2021: India ranks 101. Behind Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal,” Sibal tweeted.

India is now behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, stated the GHI report released on Thursday.

Neighbouring countries like Nepal (76), Bangladesh (76), Myanmar (71) and Pakistan (92) are also in the ‘alarming’ hunger category but have fared better, added the report. Meanwhile, China, Brazil and Kuwait shared the top rank with a GHI score of less than five, reported the GHI website.