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DJ Aqeel detained at Dubai airport

The leading disc jockey of India has been detained at the Dubai airport for allegedly possessing drugs.

Updated on: Jun 6, 2007, 18:20:38 IST
PTI | By , Mumbai
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India's leading disc jockey Aqeel was on Tuesday detained at the Dubai airport for allegedly possesing drugs.

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Aqeel, who went to Dubai for a radio programme, would undergo urine test on Wednesday, according to his wife Fara Khan Ali in Mumbai.

She said Aqeel did not use drugs and somebody must have planted the contraband in his bag.

Aqeel's wife said 0.4 gms of 'Ecstasy' drug was found in his bag.

He was then taken in by the anti-narcotics cell which tested the DJ's blood and "he was completely clean", she claimed.

Farah said no consumption of ecstasy was found and Dubai airport authorities dismissed the case which went back to the police at the airport.

Aqeel, who was travelling alone, was subjected to a body search by Dubai airport authorities.

Farah said Aqeel has been charged with possessing 0.4 gms of and a court case has been filed.

Farah Khan Ali is the daughter of veteran actor Sanjay Khan and sister of Bollywood heartthrob Zayed Khan and Susanne Roshan(Hrithik Roshan's wife).

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