Lagatar24 Desk
Mumbai, May 12: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a corruption case against former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede, who was responsible for the two-year-old narcotics arrest of Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in a drugs case.
Raids are being conducted at 29 sites as a result of a complaint that has been filed against three public employees, including Sameer Wankhede.
Following a preliminary investigation by the CBI based on a vigilance report, a corruption charge was filed against Wankhede, an Indian Revenue Service officer. The viligence investigation revealed that Sameer Wankhede accumulated assets through corruption.
Aryan Khan and other people were detained by a squad led by Wankhede in a raid on the Cordelia cruise ship at the Mumbai International Cruise Terminal in October 2021.
The case was initially filed with accusations of drug possession, consumption, and trafficking. Due to “lack of sufficient evidence,” Aryan Khan, who had served 22 days in prison, was awarded a clean chit by NCB in May 2022.
A separate vigilance investigation was carried out as a result of claims of high-handedness made against the NCB squad and Wankhede. Later, Wankhede was moved to Chennai’s DG Taxpayer Service Directorate.
