Sameer Wankhede, NCB Zonal Director has approached the Bombay High Court in fears that the Mumbai police may arrest him.
As the bail hearing for Aryan Khan in the drug case continues today, the Deputy Director General of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) informed that Sameer Wankhede will not be the investigating officer in the case anymore. He said that there is a DDG above him and there is a DG abovethe DDG. Going with the chain, the DG is supervising the case. After the report is submitted, the DG will decide the next course of actions.
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Meanwhile, Maharashtra Minister and NCB State Chief Jayant Pail on Thursday said that the NCB was being used to “harass and defame” the citizens. Talking to the media in Ratnagiri, he also said that the party leader and the state minister Nawab Malik was brining out the truth.
Following the allegations made by Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, Sameer Wankhede’s sister Yasmeen Wankhede has filed a police complaint registration of an FIR against Malik. She claimed that he had defamed her. This comes as Sameer Wankhede gets caught in the political storm and the high-profile cruise drug case. He was accused of being a part of Rs 25 crores extortion.
At the same time, wife of Sameer Wankhede has written an open letter to Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray. In the letter she seeks justice for her family as allegations of bribery against her husband surface.
