New Delhi : Former regional director of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Sameer Wankhede, accused of demanding a bribe of Rs 25 crore from Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, has got relief from the Bombay High Court till May 22 from coercive action like arrest, but Mumbai cruise-drug case The report of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to investigate the matter has revealed the misuse of the post. According to media reports, the SIT set up to probe the role of former Mumbai NCB regional director Sameer Wankhede has found several alleged violations of service rules by him, including misreporting of expenses incurred on foreign travel and transactions in luxury watches. is included.
Wankhede Aryan Khan
Sameer Wankhede, former regional director of NCB, had conducted the initial investigation in the drug case involving Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan. The findings of the SIT’s investigation have now been taken on record by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Aryan Khan was arrested on 2 October 2021 after a raid on Cordelia Cruise near Mumbai coast. Aryan was in jail for about a month. However, Aryan was officially exonerated by the NCB last year after a special investigation team of the agency conducted fresh raids and said there was no evidence of wrongdoing against him.
Two anomalies in Sameer Wankhede case
The SIT, in its report submitted to the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) last year, found irregularities mainly in two cases against 2008 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede (44) and his team. This includes violation of Central Civil Services (CCS) rules and alleged irregularities in the process of raids in connection with the discovery of drugs in the cruise.
Wankhede denied the allegations
However, Sameer Wankhede has denied these allegations and has approached the CAT and more recently the Bombay High Court to quash the CBI FIR. Wankhede says that SIT chief and NCB Deputy Director General (DDG) Gyaneshwar Singh was behaving like a judge as he was his reporting boss during the case.
Sameer Wankhede reaches Bombay High Court against CBI action in Aryan Khan’s case
Ban on strict action till May 22
On the other hand, the Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not to take any coercive action till May 22, like the arrest of Sameer Wankhede, former regional director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), accused of demanding a bribe of Rs 25 crore from Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan. ) directed to. Wankhede is alleged to have demanded a bribe from the actor to not implicate Shah Rukh’s son Aryan Khan in the drug seizure case from the cruise ship Cordelia.
