Under fire on social media, online tutoring company Byju’s has stopped all ads featuring Shah Rukh Khan. 

Shah Rukh is the brand ambassador of Byju’s.

This development comes amid the ongoing investigation against his son Aryan Khan in a drug case.

It is unclear if the company has dropped Shah Rukh as its brand ambassador.

Aryan Khan and seven others were arrested after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raided a Goa-bound cruise ship last week.

After the raids by undercover NCB officials, the team seized drugs from the cruise.

Byju’s, India’s most valuable startup, has been on an acquisition spree lately.

The firm bought higher education platform Great Learning for $600 million. 

It also acquired kids’ digital reading platform Epic for $500 million.

In quick succession, the test preparation provider Aakash Educational Services was taken for $1 billion.

Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran said in April that the company will go for an IPO in 18-24 months.

Byju’s has more than 65 million subscribers and the edtech startup has grown quickly in the past year.

At least 25 mn new users signed up to the platform after the Covid-induced lockdown..