Just a day after detaining actor Ajaz Khan, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested him on Wednesday.
Sources in the agency said that Khan was in contact with drug peddler Shadab Shaikh alias Shadab Batata for the past three years and that he had even bought some drugs from him.
Last week, the agency had arrested Shadab with drugs worth ₹2 crore. Ajaz Khan’s name came up during Shadab’s interrogation. Sources said that he would supply drugs to Bollywood parties as well.
The agency presented the actor before the court and said that they had recovered some WhatsApp chats and a voice note shared between Ajaz and Shadab, which suggest that they were involved in drug dealing.
An NCB officer told a publication, “In this case, we have received digital evidence on the basis of which we arrested Ajaz. We will question him. Shadab told us that Ajaz buys drugs regularly from him but we need to check whether he sells or consumes those.”
NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede said, “Shadab was arrested last week and Ajaz was in contact with him. We suspect Ajaz may have deleted the WhatsApp chats between Shadab and him. We will send Ajaz’s mobile phone to the forensic lab.”
Surjitt Sahani
