‘Sameer Wankhede is being focused regardless of doing his responsibility as a very good officer’: National SC Commission VC Arun Halder

The vice-chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Arun Halder on Sunday mentioned that Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer Sameer Wankhede is being focused regardless of doing good work.
“One officer is doing his duty and making the department proud. So how can a minister personally attack him and his family members? The government should carry out an investigation in why he is doing so,” commented Arun Halder after visiting Wankhede’s home. 
“I feel that he belongs to the SC community and hails from Mahar caste and rose to such a position despite belonging to a poor family,” mentioned Halder additional defending the NCB official. 
Mumbai: National Commission for Scheduled Castes Vice Chairmen Arun Haldar visits the residence of NCB officer Sameer Wankhede who’s in-charge of the investigation within the drugs-on-cruise-case pic.twitter.com/HmpgbzM8v6— ANI (@ANI) October 31, 2021
However, the vice-chairperson additionally clarified that the state can provoke a probe in case of doubt about an individual’s caste certificates. “In the central government, caste verification is not mandatory, but the state government is empowered to probe into the caste certificate of a resident of Maharashtra,” knowledgeable Halder. 
Social justice minister Dhananjay Munde additionally confirmed that if the competent authority receives a grievance, it will likely be investigated as per guidelines.
Committee to probe the matter
As knowledgeable by the officers, a caste certificates is issued by the sub-divisional officer/deputy collector. A high-level committee headed by an officer of the rank of joint secretary or further collector then verifies the certificates. 
It then goes for validation to the caste scrutiny committee as per the rules prescribed by Supreme Court within the Madhuri Patil case.
Divulging details about the method in case a grievance of cast or false certificates is obtained, the official mentioned, “The committee hears all parties, asks for all relevant certificates and if needed, visits the residence against whom the complaint has been made.”
“The social justice department has made the entire procedure very stringent and all cases are disposed of in a time-bound period,” he added additional. 
As per guidelines, if the certificates is discovered to be cast or false, it’s going to invite a six months’ jail time period and advantageous. 
“We have all the documents”
Rattled by Aryan Khan’s arrest by the NCB, Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Nawab Malik had accused Wankhede of forging his caste certificates and different paperwork to safe a job below the SC quota for the civil providers examination carried out by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
The minister knowledgeable {that a} grievance is more likely to be filed in a day or two. “We have all the documents and records to establish that Wankhede is from a Muslim community and does not belong to a scheduled caste,” Malik mentioned.
Ramdas Athawale extends assist
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes on Friday had taken cognisance of the grievance filed by the Zonal Director of Mumbai’s NCB Sameer Wankhede over the continual harassment meted out to him by Maharashtra authorities minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief Nawab Malik.
Apart from the National SC panel, Wankhede’s household additionally visited Union Minister and Republican Party of India president Ramdas Athawale on Sunday. 
Mumbai: NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede’s father, Dnyandev Wankhede and spouse, Kranti Redkar Wankhede meet Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale. pic.twitter.com/K5rzToJArO— ANI (@ANI) October 31, 2021
Voicing his assist for the NCB official, Athawale mentioned, “NCP minister Nawab Malik was targeting Sameer Wankhede as he had arrested his son-in-law (Sameer Khan) in a drug-related case. This was politics of vengeance. I have gone through all the documents. Sameer Wankhede is Hindu and not Muslim. He has not used any fake certificate to get the job.”
He additionally warned Malik to chorus from “conspiring” to defame the NCB officer and his relations.