Wankhede part of Aryan Khan 'kidnapping plot'; Mohit Kamboj 'mastermind': Nawab Malik
India | November 07, 2021 12:01 ISTNCP leader further claimed that Wankhede had met Mohit Bharatiya at a graveyard in suburban Oshiwara.
NCP leader further claimed that Wankhede had met Mohit Bharatiya at a graveyard in suburban Oshiwara.
The father of the NCB officer has moved to the Bombay high court saying recent statements by the NCP leader have defamed his family.
The team of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai unit led by Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede will not investigate six cases including the drugs on cruise matter involving actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, sources said.
Sameer Wankhede refuted that he has been "removed" from the investigation in the Aryan Khan case and said the agency's move is about coordination between NCB teams of Mumbai and Delhi.
Malik questioned Fadnavis for not acting against him despite being the chief minister of the state for five years.
Earlier on Monday, former Maharashtra CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said that he will soon present evidence of Malik's relations with the underworld.
Earlier on Monday, Nawab Malik sought to link the BJP with an alleged narcotics dealer by tweeting the latter's photograph with former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' wife Amruta Fadnavis.
Wankhede is leading the probe in the cruise drugs case in which actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was arrested.
Devendra Fadnavis' remark came amid Nawab Malik’s unabated attack on the NCB over the drugs-on-cruise case involving Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan.
For the past several days, Nawab Malik has been targeting NCB officer Sameer Wankhede, who had led a raid on a cruise ship in Mumbai earlier this month during which drugs were recovered.
Wankhede is facing the vigilance probe by NCB after an independent witness in the drugs-on-cruise case, in which Aryan Khan is one of the accused, claimed of overhearing a discussion of a Rs 25 crore pay-off, including Rs 8 crore for Sameer Wankhede.
An NCB team busted an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise ship which was on its way to Goa on October 2. A total of 20 people were arrested in the case. Wankhede was given charge of investigating the case.
The Special Enquiry Team has time and again tried to serve the notice for an appearance on Prabhakar Sail physically, telephonically as well as through the media, however, so far, he has not appeared before the team, Gyaneshwar Singh wrote in letter to Mumbai Police Commissioner.
Wankhede filed a petition and sought an urgent hearing, saying he feared arrest by police over allegations of extortion against him in the case related to an alleged drug bust on a cruise ship.
In its statement in relation to Sameer Wankhede, Bombay High Court has stated that a notice must be given before his arrest.
Sameer Wankhede is in the eye of a political storm following allegations of extortion in the high-profile cruise drugs case in which actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was arrested. The officer is facing the departmental vigilance probe.
Mumbai : The Bombay High Court will continue hearing the bail plea of Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan who has been arrested in a drugs case, on Thursday when the NCB will present its arguments.
Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik has levelled a series of charges against the NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede who is investigating the alleged drug bust case involving Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan.
Amid the ongoing tussle between the Narcotics Control Bureau Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede and NCP leader Nawab Malik, the NCB has stated that the former will remain the investigating officer in the drugs-on-cruise case until substantial information is found against him. The agency's Deputy Director General (Northern Region) Gyaneshwar Singh claimed so on Wednesday. Sameer Wankhede was questioned for about four hours on Wednesday as part of the investigation and he put forward "many facts before the team".
Earlier today, Mumbai Police appointed an ACP-level officer to investigate the allegations leveled against Sameer Wankhede.
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