Cruise drug bust bribery case: CBI quizzes Sameer Wankhede for higher than 5 hours on 2nd day

By PTI

MUMBAI: Former Mumbai NCB chief Sameer Wankhede was questioned for higher than 5 hours on the second day in a row on Sunday by CBI probing the alleged Rs 25 crore bribe demand from actor Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan throughout the Cordelia cruise ‘drug bust’ case, an official said.

Wankhede, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, reached the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) office throughout the Bandra-Kurla Complex at spherical 10.30 am, he said.

While stepping into the office, Wankhede instructed reporters he has “faith in the judiciary”.

He was allowed a lunch break all through questioning, the official said, together with Wankhede left the CBI office for the day at spherical 4.30 pm.

Wankhede didn’t reply to queries from media people prepared outdoor the CBI office nevertheless solely said, ‘Satyamev Jayate’ (actuality solely triumphs).

On Saturday moreover, the CBI questioned Wankhede for higher than 5 hours.

After he left the CBI office at spherical 4.30 pm on Saturday, Wankhede alongside collectively along with his family members visited the Siddhivinayak temple at Prabhadevi in Mumbai.

The central firm booked Wankhede and 4 others on May 11 for alleged jail conspiracy and danger of extortion, furthermore provisions pertaining to bribery beneath the Prevention of Corruption Act on a grievance by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

On Friday, Wankhede acquired a discount from the Bombay High Court which directed the CBI to not take any “coercive action”, equivalent to arrest, in opposition to him till May 22.

Seeking quashing of the FIR, Wankhede alleged sooner than the HC that the “draft complaint” throughout the 2021 drugs-on-cruise case named Aryan Khan as an accused, nevertheless it absolutely was later modified and Aryan’s determine was dropped.

Aryan Khan was arrested by the NCB on October 3, 2021, following the alleged drug seizure on board the Cordelia cruise ship proper right here.

He was granted bail by the extreme courtroom three weeks later as a result of the anti-drugs firm did not substantiate its costs in opposition to him.

The CBI alleged that the NCB’s Mumbai zone obtained knowledge in October 2021 referring to the consumption and possession of narcotic substances by diversified individuals on the cruise ship, and some NCB officers conspired to get bribes from the accused in return for letting them off.

Wankhede had denied allegations in opposition to him.

His petition throughout the HC equipped transcriptions of phone chats with Shah Rukh Khan by means of the interval Aryan was in NCB custody.

It cited Khan as pleading with Wankhede to be kind to his son and praising the officer for his “uprightness”.

MUMBAI: Former Mumbai NCB chief Sameer Wankhede was questioned for higher than 5 hours on the second day in a row on Sunday by CBI probing the alleged Rs 25 crore bribe demand from actor Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan throughout the Cordelia cruise ‘drug bust’ case, an official said.

Wankhede, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, reached the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) office throughout the Bandra-Kurla Complex at spherical 10.30 am, he said.

While stepping into the office, Wankhede instructed reporters he has “faith in the judiciary”.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

He was allowed a lunch break all through questioning, the official said, together with Wankhede left the CBI office for the day at spherical 4.30 pm.

Wankhede didn’t reply to queries from media people prepared outdoor the CBI office nevertheless solely said, ‘Satyamev Jayate’ (actuality solely triumphs).

On Saturday moreover, the CBI questioned Wankhede for higher than 5 hours.

After he left the CBI office at spherical 4.30 pm on Saturday, Wankhede alongside collectively along with his family members visited the Siddhivinayak temple at Prabhadevi in Mumbai.

The central firm booked Wankhede and 4 others on May 11 for alleged jail conspiracy and danger of extortion, furthermore provisions pertaining to bribery beneath the Prevention of Corruption Act on a grievance by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

On Friday, Wankhede acquired a discount from the Bombay High Court which directed the CBI to not take any “coercive action”, equivalent to arrest, in opposition to him till May 22.

Seeking quashing of the FIR, Wankhede alleged sooner than the HC that the “draft complaint” throughout the 2021 drugs-on-cruise case named Aryan Khan as an accused, nevertheless it absolutely was later modified and Aryan’s determine was dropped.

Aryan Khan was arrested by the NCB on October 3, 2021, following the alleged drug seizure on board the Cordelia cruise ship proper right here.

He was granted bail by the extreme courtroom three weeks later as a result of the anti-drugs firm did not substantiate its costs in opposition to him.

The CBI alleged that the NCB’s Mumbai zone obtained knowledge in October 2021 referring to the consumption and possession of narcotic substances by diversified individuals on the cruise ship, and some NCB officers conspired to get bribes from the accused in return for letting them off.

Wankhede had denied allegations in opposition to him.

His petition throughout the HC equipped transcriptions of phone chats with Shah Rukh Khan by means of the interval Aryan was in NCB custody.

It cited Khan as pleading with Wankhede to be kind to his son and praising the officer for his “uprightness”.