‘Punished for being patriot’, says Sameer Wankhede on CBI raids in Rs 25 crore bribery case
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MUMBAI: Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer, Sameer Wankhede, who’s accused of allegedly demanding Rs 25 crore as a bribe for not framing Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan inside the drugs-on-cruise case, on Saturday alleged that he was being punished for being a patriot.
Wankhede’s assertion obtained right here in response to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids raiding his residence and completely different premises on Friday.
Wankhede alleged that 18 CBI officers yesterday raided his house whereas his partner and youngsters had been present in his house. “I am getting rewarded for being a patriot, yesterday 18 CBI officials raided my residence and searched it for more than 12 hours while my wife and children were present in the house. They found Rs 23,000 and four property papers. These assets were acquired before I joined the service,” talked about Wankhede, as quoted by ANI.
Wankhede extra claimed that CBI officers moreover took the phone of his partner Kranti Redkar of their possession.
On May 12, the CBI registered a case in direction of Sameer Wankhede and three others in reference to a corruption case related to the Aryan Khan drugs-on-cruise case.
According to research, the CBI had acquired knowledge that Sameer Wankhede and his accomplice allegedly collected Rs 50 lakhs as advance to not physique Aryan Khan inside the drug case.
The CBI on May 12 had moreover carried out searches at 29 areas in Mumbai, Delhi, Ranchi, Lucknow, Guwahati and Chennai after submitting the FIR in direction of the 2008-batch IRS officer Wankhede and 4 others — then NCB Superintendent Vishwa Vijay Singh, Intelligence Officer Ashish Ranjan and two private people Ok P Gosavi and Sanvile D’Souza — inside the case.
The official assertion reads thus, “It has been alleged that the said officials of Narcotics Control Bureau of Mumbai Zone, in order to obtain undue advantage from the persons/ others in the Case No. 94/2021 of Mumbai Zone, earlier registered & investigated under the supervision of then Zonal Director of Mumbai Zone of NCB, had entered into criminal conspiracy with others and had allegedly obtained undue advantage in the form of bribes from the alleged accused of Case No. 94/2021 of NCB Mumbai Zone.”
The probe firm alleged the NCB, Mumbai Zone had acquired knowledge in October, 2021 related to the consumption and possession of narcotics substances by quite a few individuals on a private cruise ship.
“It has also been alleged that the said persons entered into conspiracy in order to extort an amount of Rs 25 crore (approx) from family members of the alleged accused of the case No.94/2021 of NCB, Mumbai, by threatening them of the accusation of offences of possession of narcotics substances as per the alleged directions of then zonal director (Wankhede) being the supervisory officer,” a CBI spokesperson knowledgeable PTI.
Wankhede had raided Cordelia Cruise and arrested Aryan Khan in an alleged drug case.
Aryan Khan, who was formally arrested by the NCB on October 3, 2021, was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on October 28, 2021 after spending 25 days in jail.
The NCB on May 27, 2022 moreover filed a 6,000-page price sheet in direction of 14 accused, giving a transparent chit to Aryan Khan.
NCB officers talked about Aryan Khan and 5 others weren’t named inside the firm’s price sheet ensuing from “lack of sufficient evidence”.
Wankhede, who headed the Narcotics Control Bureau Zonal Unit in Mumbai on the time of Aryan Khan’s arrest, was transferred to the DG Taxpayer Service Directorate in Chennai in May remaining 12 months.
The much-hyped case took a twist when an ‘unbiased witness’ had claimed in 2021 that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an NCB official and completely different people, along with a witness Gosavi, to let off Aryan Khan.
Prabhakar Sail, the ‘unbiased witness’, now deceased, had knowledgeable media people that he had overheard Gosavi telling D’Souza over the phone regarding the demand of Rs 25 crore after Aryan Khan was delivered to the NCB office after the October 2 raid.
He moreover claimed NCB officers had requested him to sign 9 to 10 clear papers.
However, a senior NCB official had denied the allegations, terming them as “completely false and malicious”.
(With PTI, ANI inputs)
MUMBAI: Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer, Sameer Wankhede, who’s accused of allegedly demanding Rs 25 crore as a bribe for not framing Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan inside the drugs-on-cruise case, on Saturday alleged that he was being punished for being a patriot.
Wankhede’s assertion obtained right here in response to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids raiding his residence and completely different premises on Friday.
Wankhede alleged that 18 CBI officers yesterday raided his house whereas his partner and youngsters had been present in his house. “I am getting rewarded for being a patriot, yesterday 18 CBI officials raided my residence and searched it for more than 12 hours while my wife and children were present in the house. They found Rs 23,000 and four property papers. These assets were acquired before I joined the service,” talked about Wankhede, as quoted by ANI.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Wankhede extra claimed that CBI officers moreover took the phone of his partner Kranti Redkar of their possession.
On May 12, the CBI registered a case in direction of Sameer Wankhede and three others in reference to a corruption case related to the Aryan Khan drugs-on-cruise case.
According to research, the CBI had acquired knowledge that Sameer Wankhede and his accomplice allegedly collected Rs 50 lakhs as advance to not physique Aryan Khan inside the drug case.
The CBI on May 12 had moreover carried out searches at 29 areas in Mumbai, Delhi, Ranchi, Lucknow, Guwahati and Chennai after submitting the FIR in direction of the 2008-batch IRS officer Wankhede and 4 others — then NCB Superintendent Vishwa Vijay Singh, Intelligence Officer Ashish Ranjan and two private people Ok P Gosavi and Sanvile D’Souza — inside the case.
The official assertion reads thus, “It has been alleged that the said officials of Narcotics Control Bureau of Mumbai Zone, in order to obtain undue advantage from the persons/ others in the Case No. 94/2021 of Mumbai Zone, earlier registered & investigated under the supervision of then Zonal Director of Mumbai Zone of NCB, had entered into criminal conspiracy with others and had allegedly obtained undue advantage in the form of bribes from the alleged accused of Case No. 94/2021 of NCB Mumbai Zone.”
The probe firm alleged the NCB, Mumbai Zone had acquired knowledge in October, 2021 related to the consumption and possession of narcotics substances by quite a few individuals on a private cruise ship.
“It has also been alleged that the said persons entered into conspiracy in order to extort an amount of Rs 25 crore (approx) from family members of the alleged accused of the case No.94/2021 of NCB, Mumbai, by threatening them of the accusation of offences of possession of narcotics substances as per the alleged directions of then zonal director (Wankhede) being the supervisory officer,” a CBI spokesperson knowledgeable PTI.
Wankhede had raided Cordelia Cruise and arrested Aryan Khan in an alleged drug case.
Aryan Khan, who was formally arrested by the NCB on October 3, 2021, was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on October 28, 2021 after spending 25 days in jail.
The NCB on May 27, 2022 moreover filed a 6,000-page price sheet in direction of 14 accused, giving a transparent chit to Aryan Khan.
NCB officers talked about Aryan Khan and 5 others weren’t named inside the firm’s price sheet ensuing from “lack of sufficient evidence”.
Wankhede, who headed the Narcotics Control Bureau Zonal Unit in Mumbai on the time of Aryan Khan’s arrest, was transferred to the DG Taxpayer Service Directorate in Chennai in May remaining 12 months.
The much-hyped case took a twist when an ‘unbiased witness’ had claimed in 2021 that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an NCB official and completely different people, along with a witness Gosavi, to let off Aryan Khan.
Prabhakar Sail, the ‘unbiased witness’, now deceased, had knowledgeable media people that he had overheard Gosavi telling D’Souza over the phone regarding the demand of Rs 25 crore after Aryan Khan was delivered to the NCB office after the October 2 raid.
He moreover claimed NCB officers had requested him to sign 9 to 10 clear papers.
However, a senior NCB official had denied the allegations, terming them as “completely false and malicious”.
(With PTI, ANI inputs)
