The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a corruption case against IRS officer Sameer Wankhede along with others. A search operation is underway at 29 locations including Mumbai, Ranchi, Kanpur, Delhi. The CBI has booked the then Zonal Director of Mumbai NCB Sameer Wankhede and 4 others under the Prevention of Corruption and IPC sections.
After the investigation, the vigilance team of NCB requested the CBI to investigate the matter. Investigation revealed that the Zonal Director of Mumbai NCB and other accused had demanded bribes in lieu of settling Case No. 94/2021 registered by NCB and also took some money.
Former Mumbai zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Sameer Wankhede had come to the limelight following the high-profile October, 2021 raids by the NCB on a Mumbai cruise after which the agency had arrested Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, and 19 others and claimed to have seized some narcotics too. The NCB had later given a clean chit to Aryan Khan.
The CBI in its FIR has alleged that Wankhede and others demanded Rs 25 cr in Cordelia Cruise Aryan Khan case and took Rs 50 lakh as extortion.
Earlier, Thane police had also registered an FIR against Narcotics Control Bureau's former Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede for alleged forgery in connection with a licence which he had procured for a bar and hotel owned by him in Navi Mumbai.
Wankhede, who was being probed for allegedly submitting a fake caste certificate for getting a government job, was given a clean chit by the caste scrutiny committee.
Registering this case, the CBI today raided 29 locations of Sameer Wankhede and other accused including Mumbai, Delhi, Ranchi, Lucknow, Chennai and Guwahati and recovered all suspicious papers, cash and articles. It is expected that CBI can soon summon Sameer Wankhede and the other accused for further investigation.
