◾ Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, and five others, were cleared in the drugs-on-cruise case by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) today. Aryan and 19 others were arrested by the NCB's Mumbai zonal unit on October 3, 2021 on charges that they were all “'intrinsically connected” to a conspiracy involving drugs. Reports emerged that the Home Ministry has asked the government to initiate a probe against former Sameer Wankhede for “shoddy investigation” in the case. Wankhede was then the Mumbai zonal director of the NCB and handled the initial investigation.
◾ After the NCB clean chit, leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra rallied behind NCP's Nawab Malik. “Truth wins,” said Malik's daughter Sana Malik Shaikh. In the days following the arrest of Aryan, Nawab Malik had waged literally a one-man campaign against Wankhede, with his revelations against the way the probe was handled punching holes into the case.
◾ From Maharashtra to Haryana, where all is not well for Om Prakash Chautala after a Delhi court awarded four-year imprisonment and a Rs 50 lakh fine to the former chief minister in a disproportionate assets case. The court also ordered the seizure of four of Chautala's properties. A look at the chequered political career of the leader, and the cases that continue to haunt him.
◾ In a tragic incident, at least seven soldiers died and a dozen more were injured after a vehicle carrying them fell…
