‘Stop witch-hunting SRK, have empathy’: Shashi Tharoor on Aryan’s arrest in drugs case

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor wrote in a Twitter post that the “public glare” on the 23-year-old Aryan Khan is “bad enough” and people don’t need to “gleefully” rub the latter’s face in it.

Congress leader and Kerala MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday took to Twitter to take a jibe on those “witch-hunting” Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on his eldest son Aryan Khan’s arrest by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a cruise rave party raid case.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said he is repelled by the “ghoulish epicaricacy” shown by those now witch-hunting Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan after the latter's eldest son Aryan Khan, 23, was sent to NCB custody till October 7 in drugs case.

“I am no fan of recreational drugs and haven’t ever tried any, but I am repelled by the ghoulish epicaricacy displayed by those now witch-hunting Shah Rukh Khan on his son’s arrest,” he wrote in a post on Twitter.

Tharoor further asked people to have some empathy. “The public glare is bad enough; no need to gleefully rub a 23-year-old’s face in it,” his tweet read.

In his statement to the court during the hearing, which he submitted via his counsel Satish Manishinde, Aryan argued that he was invited to the cruise party as a guest and didn't have any contacts with the organisers. “Nothing has been found in my bag during [the] search,” he informed the court via Manishinde.

The Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh (representing the NCB) said that WhatsApp chats found in Aryan’s phone “clearly shows the nexus” and that it is necessary to confront all accused and decode the code words used in the messages.