The Esplanade Court in Mumbai sends Sameer Khan, the son-in-law of Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik, to a 14-day judicial custody in connection with a drugs case. Earlier, Sameer Khan was taken for medical examination. The Narcotics Control Bureau arrested Sameer Khan on 13 January in connection with the drug case.
On 13 January, Sameer Khan was detained by NCB and after that raids were conducted at several places mentioned by him. A raid was conducted at Sameer Khan's residence in Bandra. After Sameer Khan's name in the drugs case, Nawab Malik gave a statement that no one is above the law.
An official of the central agency said that Malik's son-in-law was summoned to the NCB's office in South Mumbai's Ballard Estate for questioning. Khan arrived there at around 10 am and was arrested after several hours of questioning.
The agency on Tuesday arrested Ramkumar Tiwari, one of the owners of the famous 'Muchhad Paanwala' shop in Mumbai which is frequented by celebrities, in the same case.
He was summoned by the agency after it found an alleged online transaction of Rs 20,000 between him and one of the accused in a drugs case, in which British national Karan Sajnani and two others were arrested with 200 kg of drugs last week, sources said.
Last week, the NCB arrested three people including Karan Sajnani and claimed to have seized 200 kg of drugs from Khar and Bandra areas.
The drugs included ganja, imported contraband like 'OG Kush' (a strain of cannabis indica), and curated marijuana, some of which had been sourced from the US, an official said.