Lookout notice against 'witness' Kiran Gosavi whose selfie with Aryan Khan went viral

Kiran Gosavi has been entangled in a 2018 case of swindling Rs 3 lakh from a youth on the promise of getting him a job. He was declared as absconding.

Pune: A lookout notice has been issued by Pune police for Kiran Gosavi, the man who hit headlines after his selfie with Aryan Khan at Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) office went viral on October 2. The notice has been issued to prevent him from escaping from the country, as per sources.

A case has been registered against Kiran Prakash Gosavi in Pune on May 29, 2018 at Faraskhana police station. Kiran Gosavi had swindled Rs 3 lakh from a Pune youth in May 2018 on promise of getting him a job in Malaysia. Later, he was declared absconding. He was booked under sections 419, 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) along with relevant sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act.

Triggering a row, Gosavi was the 'witness' during the central agency's raid on cruise ship Cordelia on October 2. Maharashtra Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik had raised objections to Gosavi's presence at the NCB office after the arrest of Aryan Khan in the drugs case. Meanwhile, the NCB had clarified that Gosavi was not an officer or employee of the agency.

Regarding the drugs-on-cruise case, Sessions Court reserved the bail order for Aryan Khan for October 20. Khan will be in judicial custody till then. Additional Solicitor General told the court that it is likely that Aryan Khan will flee the country. Aryan Khan along with eight others have been arrested in the case.