The lawyer who fought Aryan Khan’s case in court, Mukul Rohatgi, has said that Aryan Khan deserves an apology from the NCB and the NCB would rise in stature if it were to give him one.
Rohatgi, India’s former Attorney General, also told Karan Thapar in a 15-interview for The Wire, that we need a law stipulating compensation for wrongful arrests. He also said that the police and other investigating agencies must think very carefully before they arrest people against whom they have suspicions. He said just because the authorities have the power to arrest does not mean the arrest is justified.
In the interview, Rohatgi is questioned about the NCB Director General S. N. Pradhan’s response to the question as to whether the arrest was justified. “In investigation, subsequent facts clear up the matter so I won’t jump to blame the initial investigation,” Pradhan had said.
Rohatgi is also questioned about Sameer Wankhede, about deliberate leaks and also about the media debates and newspaper coverage, all of which were based on those unsubstantiated leaks.
