New Delhi: Byju’s, the online tutoring company, has stopped running all advertisements featuring brand ambassador Shah Rukh Khan after his son Aryan Khan was arrested in a case involving the seizure of illegal drugs from a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai, according to a Hindustan Times report.Byju’s took the step after coming under fire from certain sections of Twitter. However, whether or not the company has severed ties with Khan and removed him as its brand ambassador is as yet unknown.I don’t understand why at the first place any Bollywood entertainer was the ambassador of an educational brand . Education should be promoted by people like HC Verma or Kailash satyarthi ? What will kids learn from these Gutkha sellers ? #byjus— Sumit (@sumitsaurabh) October 9, 2021Aryan Khan was among eight people taken into custody following a raid on the cruise ship on the evening of October 2 in which various quantities of MDMA, cocaine and hashish were recovered. On Friday, October 8, a metropolitan magistrate’s court denied bail to Aryan and two others, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha, sending them, along with the rest of the individuals in the Narcotics Control Board’s (NCB) custody to 14-day judicial remand. Also read: Special Court Asks NCB to File Reply in Aryan Khan’s Bail ApplicationA total of 19 people have been arrested in the case so far.The bail pleas of Khan and others arrested will be heard by a special court on Wednesday, October 13.Byju’s’ decision to stop advertisements featuring Shah Rukh Khan has also garnered its fair share of criticism on social media.You should be ashamed @BYJUS! But we understand the chronology. Byju sponsors BCCI whose secretary is Jay Shah. Narcotics Control Bureau, which arrested #AryanKhan seemingly without any evidence in collusion with BJP leaders, is controlled by Amit Shah’s home ministry. pic.twitter.com/NCNAgPbXyE— Rifat Jawaid (@RifatJawaid) October 10, 2021https://t.co/UOW7b0ltxjReally, @BYJUS? Whatever happened to innocent till proven guilty, which I am sure your online teachers tell your students? If true shows that a spine is not sine qua non to be a unicorn. If I was @iamsrk I will know who to let go and who to keep in my life— Saisuresh Sivaswamy🇮🇳 (@SaisSivaswamy) October 10, 2021
