NCB to quiz Ananya Pandey again today | Economic Times

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday questioned Bollywood actress Ananya Panday after her name allegedly cropped up in WhatsApp chats during its probe in drugs case in which, Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, is arrested.On Wednesday, the anti-drugs agency raided Ananya's house in Bandra before sending her a summon to appear before it later in the day to record her statement. The officials seized her laptop and mobile phone during the raid. The actress then reached the NCB office located at Ballard Estate in south Mumbai accompanied with her father Chunky Pandey at around 4pm for questioning.The actress was quizzed for almost 2 hours as he left the NCB building at around 6.15 pm, according to a report in PTI. Ananya has been called for questioning on Friday as well and will likely appear before the NCB today. The NCB raided Ananya's house after her name was mentioned in certain WhatsApp chats between her and Aryan allegedly found in the latter's mobile phone, according to reports. However, the NCB has not yet officially clarified about her role in the case or released a statement on the matter.An NCB team had also paid SRK's residence a visit to collect a few documents from the house just hours after the actor finally met his son in-person after the Maharashtra government relaxed the visiting rules for prisoners and undertrial inmates in Arthur Road jail which were placed in the wake of Covid-19. Aryan is currently lodged in the Mumbai's jail and will stay locked there in judicial custody until October 30 or granted bail by the court. The Bombay High Court on Thursday scheduled the 23-year-old's bail hearing in the matter for October 26 and has also requested the NCB to submit its reply by Monday. So far, Aryan's bail plea has been rejected by local and special court several times. Aryan, along with others, was arrested by the NCB on October 3 after the agency conducted a raid on a cruise ship off Mumbai coast on its way to Goa.