Sameer Wankhede, NCB official in hot waters, Aryan Khan drug case
Main NCB official in hot waters, Aryan Khan drug case
MUMBAI (Web Desk) - Sameer Wankhede, the senior Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer investigating a number of Bollywood celebrities including megastar Shah Rukh Khan s son Aryan Khan, has sought protection from legal action fearing "being framed" falsely with "ulterior motives".
Mr Wankhede wrote to the Mumbai police chief saying threats of jail and dismissal have been issued against him by "highly respectable public functionaries".
This statement is being seen as a reference to Nationalist Congress Party leader and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik s recent remark that the officer would lose his job within a year, "They (BJP) have a puppet - Wankhede.
He raises bogus cases against people. I challenge that Wankhede that he ll lose his job within a year... We have evidence of bogus cases," Mr Malik was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Seeking protection from "precipitate legal action", he said in the letter that "unknown persons" were planning to frame him falsely.
Earlier on Sunday, a witness had made sensational claims in the drugs-on-cruise case which is being investigated by Mr Wankhede.
Prabhakar Sail - who claims to be a personal bodyguard to KP Gosavi, the alleged private investigator whose selfie with Aryan Khan went viral - claimed he heard a conversation between him and one Sam D Souza on October 3 about an 18-crore deal. KP Gosavi, who has gone missing, said they will have to give 8 crores to Sameer Wankhede, Mr Sail has said in an affidavit.
That evening, KP Gosavi, Sam D Souza, and Pooja Dadlani, megastar Shah Rukh Khan s manager, had a 15-minute meeting inside a car, read the affidavit by Mr Sail, who is one of the nine witnesses the NCB named in the case.
