Cruise ship raid case: NCB raids film producer Imtiyaz Khatri's residence, office in Mumbai

Mumbai: Raids are being conducted at the residence and office of film producer Imtiyaz Khatri in the Bandra area of Mumbai in connection with the cruise ship raid case, informed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday.

After nearly 8 hours of questioning today, NCB again summoned Khatri to appear before it on Monday in the drugs-on-cruise case He was interrogated by NCB in the cruise drugs case. A thorough interrogation of Khatri by the NCB lasted for more than 7 hours. Earlier, NCB raided filmmaker Imtiaz Khatri's Bandra office in Mumbai yesterday in a cruise drugs case. The NCB took action after Imtiaz Khatri's name came up in Achit Kumar's interrogation.

Earlier on Friday, Mumbai's Esplanade court rejected the bail plea of Aryan Khan, Arbaz Seth Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha, in the case related to the seizure of drugs following a raid at a party on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast.

NCB's Mumbai zone Director Sameer Wankhede said on Friday that the NCB and the prosecution will attempt to take the cruise ship raid case to reach a logical conclusion. "We and persecution will attempt to take the case to a logical conclusion. Our case is strong and will be presented in the sessions court," Wankhede said. An NCB team busted an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise ship which was on its way to Goa at mid-sea on October 2 night. A total of 18 people, including a Nigerian national, have been arrested in the case related to the seizure of drugs following a raid at a party on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast.