New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a cash laundering case towards former zonal director of Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB), Sameer Wankhede, who’s accused of demanding ₹25 crore bribe from actor Shah Rukh Khan for not framing his son Aryan Khan in a drug case in October 2021 in addition to amassing wealth greater than his identified sources of revenue, folks conversant in the event stated on Saturday.
The monetary crimes probe company has registered the case towards Wankhede, an Indian Income Service (IRS) officer, just a few days again based mostly on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) first info report (FIR) filed in Could final 12 months.
He’s prone to be quickly summoned for questioning within the matter by the ED.
Officers cited above stated that as quickly as Wankhede learnt about ED submitting a case towards him, he has already moved the excessive court docket pleading that no coercive motion needs to be taken towards him.
The excessive court docket has already granted him aid from coercive motion within the CBI case.
It’s alleged within the CBI first info report (FIR) filed on Could 11, 2023, which names as accused Wankhede, former SP of NCB – Vishwa Vijay Singh, intelligence officer Ashish Ranjan, and two non-public individuals – Kiran Gosavi and Sanville D’Souza, that ₹25 crore was demanded from Shah Rukh Khan in return of for not framing his son, Aryan within the October 2021 Cordelia drug case. The bribe demand was lowered to ₹18 crore by the accused individuals.
CBI has already questioned Wankhede and different accused individuals within the case. The Indian Income Service (IRS) officer has dismissed the costs towards him saying the CBI motion was results of a “vendetta” on half of some NCB officers.
Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3, 2021, a day after the controversial raid on Cordelia cruise in Mumbai. A particular investigation workforce (SIT) fashioned by the NCB gave a clear chit to Aryan Khan on Could 27 final 12 months saying he was not a part of any bigger drug-dealing racket as alleged by Wankhede.
NCB’s inside probe revealed that names of Aryan Khan and Arbaaz Service provider have been included on the final second within the “info notice” of the company. Apart from, procedures akin to documentation of seizure of telephones, and the recording of statements weren’t finished correctly by Wankhede’s workforce, the investigation discovered.
The NCB, in an affidavit filed earlier than Bombay excessive court docket, acknowledged Wankhede can not use his chats with actor Shah Rukh Khan as proof of his integrity since he saved these chats “secret”.
“Furthermore, it’s pertinent to notice that there was no motive for Wankhede to have continued such chats with Shah Rukh Khan with out informing his superior officers,” the NCB stated. These chats are at the moment being analysed by CBI as a part of its probe towards the officer.
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