Trust the media to turn a family tragedy into a soap opera.It’s bad enough that Shah Rukh Khan and his family are subjected to an unprecedented media scrutiny. But to add melodrama to the situation is quite simply unpardonable.

A close family friend of the Khans says it is unlikely that Aryan would break down during questioning. “He’s tough boy. And he knows he has done no wrong. Attending a party doesn’t make you party to the drug consumption. It is most unlikely that Aryan wept ‘inconsolably’ .I have never seen him weep even when he was a child.Who saw him weeping? Was he interrogated with media cameras in the room?”

The close friend who has watched Aryan grow up feels Shah Rukh’s son is being made a part of a big soap opera. “An Ekta Kapoor kind of serial with loud music and hysterical tears, though I know for a fact that Ekta would never make a serial on Shah Rukh’s troubles.She loves and respects him too much. We all do. We are trying to figure out why Aryan is being made into an example.”