Aryan Khan arrest: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor criticises ‘witch hunting’ of Shah Rukh Khan

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday criticised the “witch hunting” of actor Shah Rukh Khan in relation to arrest of his son Aryan Khan in a drugs case.

Aryan Khan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau on Sunday after the agency raided a party on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai and seized drugs on board.

In a tweet on Monday, Tharoor called for empathy for Aryan Khan for the the “public glare” that he had been facing.

“I am no fan of recreational drugs & 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 said in a tweet. “Have some empathy, folks. The public glare is bad enough; no need to gleefully rub a 23yr [year] old’s face in it.

I am no fan of recreational drugs & haven’t ever tried any, but I am repelled by the ghoulish epicaricacy displayed by those now witch-hunting @iamsrk on his son’s arrest. Have some empathy, folks. The public glare is bad enough; no need to gleefully rub a 23yr old’s face in it.

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 4, 2021

On Monday, a magistrate’s court in Mumbai remanded all eight accused in the case, including Aryan…

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