Mumbai [Maharashtra] : Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede’s father, Dhyandev Kachruji Wankhede has filed a defamation suit against Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik. The father of the NCB officer has moved to the Bombay high court saying recent statements by the NCP leader have defamed his family. According to the details, Wankhede’s father has sought a compensation of Rs 1.25 crore in the case. The suit will be heard on Monday. The NCB had arrested Aryan Khan and at least 19 others in the drugs on cruise case on the intervening night of October 2-3 and Wankhede is facing a departmental vigilance probe after an independent witness, in this case, alleged an extortion bid by those involved in the investigation.
Wankhede had denied any wrongdoing. Meanwhile, the NCB on Friday said a total of six cases, including the drugs on cruise case from NCB Mumbai Zonal Unit, will now be taken over by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising officers from the Operations Branch of NCB Headquarters in New Delhi. “No officer or officers have been REMOVED from their present roles and they will continue to assist the Operations Branch investigation as required until any specific orders are issued to the contrary. It is reiterated that the NCB functions across India as a single integrated agency,” it said. Wankhede refuted that he has been “removed” from the investigation in the Aryan Khan case and said the agency’s move is about coordination between NCB teams of Mumbai and Delhi. However, Malik said the NCB officer’s removal from the case “is just the beginning”. ”Sameer Wankhede removed from 5 cases including the Aryan Khan case. There are 26 cases in all that need to be probed. This is just the beginning… a lot more has to be done to clean this system and we will do it,” the NCP leader said.
Fashion TV head Kashiff Khan forced Minister Aslam Shaikh to come to the party, alleges Nawab Malik
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] : Maharashtra minority affairs minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik alleged that Fashion TV head Kashiff Khan forced Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) minister Aslam Shaikh to come to the Cordelia Cruise ship party and was also planning to bring children of various ministers to the party. “Kashiff Khan forced our minister Aslam Shaikh to come to the party and was also planning to bring children of various ministers of our govt to the party. If Aslam Shaikh had gone there it would have been Udta Maharashtra after Udta Punjab,” Malik said. Malik has alleged that Aryan Khan did not purchase the ticket for the Cordelia Cruise ship party and claimed that NCB official Sameer Wankhede laid the trap for Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son. “Aryan Khan didn’t purchase the ticket for the cruise party. It was Pratik Gaba and Amir Furniturewala who brought him there”, he tweeted. “A paper roll that was a brand of Fashion TV was seized in the case & it is being said the drug is consumed through that roll. Why was the owner not arrested? The owner of this brand is Kashiff Khan. He is a partner of Wankhede and was present at the party,” he added. Malik said that Mohit Kamboj is the mastermind and partner of NCB’s Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede in demanding ransom. While addressing a press conference earlier today, Malik had alleged that there exists a connection between the Zonal Director of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai unit and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. “We think there might have been some talks between Sameer Wankhede and BJP leaders,” Malik said. “Mohit Kamboj and Sameer Wankhede met outside Oshiwara graveyard on October 7. Wankhede panicked and complained to the police that they were being chased. they were lucky that the CCTV cameras were not working so they were not caught in the footage, Malik said. “Vijay Pagare told me, they were staying in the Lalit hotel for the last 7 months. Manish & Vilas Bhanushali, Sam D’Souza used to come there. Girls also used to come there, the drug was consumed there and money was also exchanged there,” he said. An NCB team busted an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise ship which was on its way to Goa at mid-sea on October 2. A total of 20 people, including two Nigerian nationals and Aryan Khan, have been arrested so far in the case.
