An independent witness in the Mumbai cruise drugs case has claimed that NCB, private detective KP Gosavi and a man named Sam D'Souza demanded ₹25 crore from Shah Rukh Khan to release Aryan Khan. The independent witness claiming to be Gosavi's bodyguard also alleged that Gosavi had already received ₹50 lakh. NCB Mumbai chief Sameer Wankhede denied the allegations.