Summoned Shahrukh Khan’s manager Pooja Dadlani Mumbai PoliceSpecial Investigation Team (SIT) on November 8 but she failed to appear citing ‘health-related issues’. Apart from Pooja, Chunky Pandey’s brother Chikki Pandey was also summoned but he too could not appear citing COVID-19. According to reports, Chikki was approached by KP Gosavi, a witness in the cruise drug bust case, to contact Dadlani. Meanwhile, Shah Rukh’s son Aryan Khan, out on bail in the infamous drugs case, was also summoned on November 7 by the Narcotics Control Bureau’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by IPS officer Sanjay Kumar Singh. However, according to an official, the star kid was not visible as he was suffering from fever. Aryan failed to appear before the SIT citing ‘slight fever’ while his friend Arbaaz Merchant and co-accused Achit Kumar reached the spot. NCB office and interrogated for several hours. As per the latest twist, or rather, an allegation is being leveled by Vijay Pagare, who is claiming to be part of the alleged pre-raid discussions. Pagare claims Shah Rukh Khan’s manager Pooja Dadlani was dealt with for Rs 18 crore to release Aryan Khan But it had to be canceled due to the whole Gosavi-Aryan selfie fiasco. Speaking about how the plan was allegedly made and what went wrong, Vijay Pagare told a leading daily that Sunil Patil, Manish Bhanushali, Kiran Gosavi and Sam D’Souza were involved in the deal. He revealed that the Rs 18 crore ‘deal’ got stuck due to Kiran Gosavi’s selfie with Aryan Khan which went viral. He further claimed that Gosavi got only Rs 50 lakh. Pagare then claimed that Bhanushali and Patil had a conversation when they were around where they were reportedly discussing that Gosavi had fled with the money. Pagare was quoted as saying by a leading daily, ‘Sunil Patil told me over the phone that everything went awry because of Kiran Gosavi’s selfie. Further, he added: ‘On 27 September, two rooms were booked in a hotel. Bhanushali and a girl came to a room at 7.30 pm. Me, Gosavi and Patil were in another room. Bhanushali stayed in that room for two hours. On the way, he came to our room and told Patil that we have got a ‘big game’ in our hands. Then he said and we said, ‘Police has recorded my statement in this matter. I have told them what I have heard. I think these people have framed Aryan. Earlier too, while talking to ETimes, Vijay Pagare had shared a similar story. He had said, ‘I have reasons to believe that the raid was pre-planned and Aryan Khan was implicated in a drug case. The entire strategy was finalized on 27 September, while the cruise ship was raided on 2 October.
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