Is NCB Targeting Bollywood? Sameer Wankhede Says ‘Nobody is Interested in Reporting Unglamorous Cases’

Sameer Wankhede on NCB focusing on Bollywood: As against the favored narrative, Sameer Wankhede who’s the Zonal Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), says that they aren’t focusing on Bollywood and aren’t after celebrities. He got here to mild after Sushant Singh Rajput medication case through which he query many celebs and arrested actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother, Showik Chakraborty. Wankhede has been vocal about eradicating the drug menace from Mumbai and has made a number of arrests within the case. However, he says that the variety of celebs he has questioned or detained on this case is much less and it’s due to the media that they’re painted because the company which is after Bollywood.Also Read – NCB Probes Star Kids in Alleged Rave Party Case “Number of drugs cases including a celebrity is a handful”In his newest interview with ETimes, Sameer Wankhede talked about that since Sushant’s case which was titled ‘Case No. 16’, they’ve registered 105 circumstances in 10 months however individuals solely discuss concerning the ones that contain a star. “In the last year, we have booked a total of 105 cases in 10 months. That’s an average of 10-12 cases every month. Now you tell me, out of those 105 cases, how many are celebrities? I’ll tell, a handful of them at best. This year alone, we’ve made more than 310 arrests. How many of those are celebrities? Everyone would know because that’s the only thing that is talked about. We’ve seized illegal substances worth Rs 150 crores this year. Has anyone spoken about that?,” he mentioned. Also Read – Armaan Kohli Drugs Case Update: NCB Arrests 4 More People, Actor Produced Before Court Today

“We get blamed for targeting a popular celeb because media plays it up”The zonal director went on to say that there was no hue and cry within the media once they busted a Nigerian drug cartel and considered one of his employees members received critically injured whereas combating the identical. “There’s a valid reason though. When we arrest someone, the media will play it up only when the arrested person is a known face. But instead of appreciating our efforts, we get blamed for targeting that popular celeb,” he mentioned. Wankhede mentioned that the notion is one thing else whereas the massive names within the medication case are ‘just a very small fraction of the people we end up apprehending.’ Also Read – Siddharth Pithani to Get Married, Granted Interim Bail of 15 Days in Sushant Singh Rajput Drugs Case “Why is nobody interested in reporting the unglamorous cases?”The senior official talked about case no. 16 and the way individuals made it larger than it was. He mentioned that individuals are solely keen on understanding the ‘glamour’ a part of it, not the truth. “This case has become a huge spectacle. But, after case number 16, (the official assigned case number for the Sushant Singh Rajput drugs case), today was crime number 105. Do you realise the sheer magnitude of the volume of violations? Why are people not talking about the other cases that we crack down on to eradicate the drugs menace? Nobody is interested in reporting the ‘unglamorous’ cases or even discussing the regular cases. Why?, ” he questioned.

The NCB is again in information after conducting raids at an alleged rave occasion on Saturday evening.