HC asks CBI to not take ‘coercive movement’ in direction of Sameer Wankhede in bribery case till Monday
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MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the CBI to not take any “coercive action” resembling arrest till May 22 in direction of former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede, accused of demanding Rs 25 crore bribe from well-known individual Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan Khan inside the Cordelia cruise `drug bust’ case.
Wankhede, an Indian Revenue Service official who was posted with the Narcotics Control Bureau proper right here in 2021, has moved the courtroom with a petition searching for to quash the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation in direction of him for alleged extortion and bribery.
A visit bench of the courtroom handed the order after recording Wankhede’s endeavor that he’ll keep present on the CBI’s office in Bandra Kurla Complex proper right here at 11 am on Saturday.
The CBI shall not take any “coercive action” in direction of Wankhede till May 22, the HC acknowledged.
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The central firm registered the FIR in direction of Wankhede and 4 others not too way back for alleged felony conspiracy and menace of extortion furthermore offences related to bribery beneath the Prevention of Corruption Act on the NCB’s criticism.
Aryan Khan was arrested by the NCB on October 3, 2021, following alleged drug seizure on board the Cordelia cruise ship proper right here.
He was granted bail by the extreme courtroom after three weeks as a result of the anti-drugs firm did not substantiate its charges in direction of him.
The CBI alleged that the NCB Mumbai Zone had acquired information in October 2021 regarding the consumption and possession of narcotic substances by diverse individuals on the cruise ship, and some NCB officers conspired to get bribes from the accused in return for letting them off.
The CBI had summoned Wankhede for questioning in Mumbai on Thursday, nonetheless he did not appear.
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the CBI to not take any “coercive action” resembling arrest till May 22 in direction of former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede, accused of demanding Rs 25 crore bribe from well-known individual Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan Khan inside the Cordelia cruise `drug bust’ case.
Wankhede, an Indian Revenue Service official who was posted with the Narcotics Control Bureau proper right here in 2021, has moved the courtroom with a petition searching for to quash the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation in direction of him for alleged extortion and bribery.
A visit bench of the courtroom handed the order after recording Wankhede’s endeavor that he’ll keep present on the CBI’s office in Bandra Kurla Complex proper right here at 11 am on Saturday.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The CBI shall not take any “coercive action” in direction of Wankhede till May 22, the HC acknowledged.
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The central firm registered the FIR in direction of Wankhede and 4 others not too way back for alleged felony conspiracy and menace of extortion furthermore offences related to bribery beneath the Prevention of Corruption Act on the NCB’s criticism.
Aryan Khan was arrested by the NCB on October 3, 2021, following alleged drug seizure on board the Cordelia cruise ship proper right here.
He was granted bail by the extreme courtroom after three weeks as a result of the anti-drugs firm did not substantiate its charges in direction of him.
The CBI alleged that the NCB Mumbai Zone had acquired information in October 2021 regarding the consumption and possession of narcotic substances by diverse individuals on the cruise ship, and some NCB officers conspired to get bribes from the accused in return for letting them off.
The CBI had summoned Wankhede for questioning in Mumbai on Thursday, nonetheless he did not appear.
