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Arbaaz Merchant, one of the accused in the alleged cruise drugs case, was summoned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for questioning on Sunday.

ETimes has learnt that Arbaaz, who is a friend of Aryan Khan, was called in by the officers on Sunday morning to record his statement. Sources revealed, “Arbaaz Merchant was summoned this morning. He was called to appear before the SIT at NCB at 11 am and he reached the NCB office early afternoon. Arbaaz is still at the NCB office being questioned by the officers for further investigation in the cruise ship drugs bust case.”

The newly constituted SIT headed by NCB Deputy Director General, Sanjay Singh on Saturday arrived in Mumbai to commence their probe in six drug cases.

It has been reported that Shah Rukh Khan‘s son was also issued a summon to appear for questioning today, but he rescheduled his visit citing health reasons.

Sources revealed that Aryan Khan may not appear at the NCB office today due to health reasons. Those in the know have revealed that Aryan may appear before the SIT for further questioning and investigation tomorrow.

The SIT team issued a summon to the star kid and other co-accused in the case for questioning on Sunday. This is in line with their bail order which states that the accused had to be available for questioning when called in by the NCB officials.

Keeping up with their bail agreement, Aryan, Arbaaz and even Munmun Dhamecha were seen arriving at the NCB’s office on Friday to mark their attendance.

The team is also expected to record the statement of Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik’s son-in-law, Sameer Khan who was arrested by the NCB in January this year and got out on bail recently.

Reports also state that the SIT has begun recording statements of people involved in the 6 cases.