Hansal Mehta, Swara Bhasker call court's rejection of bail for Aryan Khan a 'travesty', 'abdication of law'

Aryan Khan. File Pic

Filmmakers Rahul Dholakia and Hansal Mehta, who are closely following Aryan Khan's arrest in connection with a drugs case, said the decision to reject his bail is "heartbreaking" and "outrageous". Aryan, 23, was arrested on October 3 with seven others when the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted a drugs party on board a cruise ship. He is currently in Arthur Road prison. A special court here on Wednesday refused to grant bail to Aryan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, and two others in connection with the seizure of banned drugs.

Aryan's advocates then immediately filed an appeal in the HC, challenging the lower court's order. Dholakia termed the decision as "outrageous" and demanded that Aryan must be released soon.

Without taking any names, Mehta expressed his anguish in a tweet, writing 'The travesty continues. The ordeal continues. Heartbreaking.' He also wrote:

In a tweet, actor Swara Bhasker called the court's decision a "stunning abdication of law..."

Screenwriter Kanika Dhillon wrote on Twitter, "From what's being reported by media that Watsapp is shoddy evidence to deny bail- Is it not about- 'satyamev- jayate' anymore but harassment basis 'my name is...'? and 'fall in line or else'..' is this the msg to young India? #AryankhanDrugsCase #AryanKhanBail ' Sad.Scary."

Actor Konkona Sensharma shared a news snippet about the court's decision to reject Aryan's bail. "Unbelievable," she wrote. Earlier in the day, filmmaker Reema Kagti, while commenting on a post about the bail hearing case of Aryan today, said she hoped he would be given bail today. "I hope Aryan gets bail today. He shouldn't have been arrested in the first place; no possession, no consumption and the NCB's argument that he is part of some international drug peddling ring is just a ridiculous lie to harass him and his family," she wrote.

In a strongly worded post on social media, Kagti alleged that Aryan was being harassed for being son of a famous Muslim man, referring to Shah Rukh.

Three days ago, author and former actor Twinkle Khanna compared the arrest of Aryan to the recently released South Korean survival human drama series "Squid Game". "Each player is given ten marbles and must get their opponent's marbles by competing in any game of their choosing. In this episode, one of the strongest candidates is badgered and ultimately bamboozled into losing his marbles. I seem to have misplaced mine as well when I read the news about Shah Rukh Khan's son's arrest," she wrote on Instagram.

"While his friend was apparently carrying 6 gm of charas, there is reportedly no evidence of possession by Aryan Khan. Yet, the young boy has been languishing in Arthur Road jail for almost two weeks now," Khanna, who has worked with Shah Rukh in 1999's "Badshah", added. Khanna's husband Akshay Kumar hasn't commented on the issue yet.

Since Aryan's arrest, many Bollywood celebrities have come out in support of Shah Rukh on social media including superstar Hrithik Roshan, filmmakers Zoya Akhtar, Farah Khan, Mehta, comedian Johnny Lever, actors Raveena Tandon, Pooja Bhatt, Vivek Vaswani, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi and Roshan's former wife Sussanne Khan among others. Shah Rukh's close friend and superstar Salman Khan, who stays a few minutes away from his residence Mannat in suburban Bandra, has visited him quite a few times since the arrest of Aryan. Many ardent fans of Shah Rukh have often been photographed outside his residence and the court expressing their solidarity with the family with banners.

PHOTOS: Shah Rukh Khan visits son Aryan Khan in Arthur Road Jail

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