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DruG BuSt On cruiSe

twist in aryan Khan case as

probe taken away from top

official amid graft charges

Sameer Wankhede has been accused of extortion and forging documents to secure

a government job by Nationalist Congress Party minister Nawab Malik

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mumBai/new Delhi

n a dramatic move, a Special
Investigation Team (SIT)
Icomprising officers from the
Operations Branch of Narcotics
Control Bureau Headquarters
in New Delhi has taken over a
total of six cases, including the
drugs on cruise case from NCB
Mumbai Zonal Unit. “A Special
Investigation Team (SIT) com-
prising officers from Operations
Branch of Narcotics Control
Bureau (NCB) Headquarters
has been constituted by the Di-
rector- General, NCB to take
over a total of 6 cases from NCB
Mumbai Zonal Unit which have
national and international ram-
ifications, in order to conduct
deeper investigation to find out
forward and backward linkag-
es,” read a release by Sanjay
Kumar Singh, Deputy Director NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede at his office in Mumbai (ANI)
General (Ops) NCB Headquar-
ters.
The team of NCB’s Mum- ficer of any case. Commenting tral agency. So Aryan case and Jain said.
According to sources, the
bai unit led by Zonal Director over the developments, Wank- Sameer Khan case are being Mumbai NCB team under
hede said: “I was never the in- probed by Delhi NCB’s SIT. It
Sameer Wankhede will not in- vestigating officer of the cases. is in coordination between NCB Wankhede will also not be prob-
vestigate six cases including the I am still the zonal director. I teams of Delhi and Mumbai,” ing the case against Sameer
drugs on cruise matter involving have not been removed from he said. Khan, son-in-law of Maha-
actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son
Aryan Khan, sources said. my posts. In fact, I demanded NCB Deputy Director rashtra Minister Nawab Malik.
An NCB official said that in the petition to investigate the South-Western Region Gener- “Sameer Wankhede has been
Sameer Wankhede is an Officer allegations over me by central al Mutha Ashok Jain said a to- removed from 5 cases including
agencies.”
the Aryan Khan case. There are
tal of six cases including Aryan
of Zonal Director Rank which is “I have not been removed Khan’s case and 5 others of the 26 cases in all that need to be
equivalent to the rank of a Dep- from the investigation. It was Mumbai zone will be now inves- probed. This is just the begin-
uty Inspector General (DIG) my writ petition in court that tigated by teams from Delhi. “It ning... a lot more has to be done
and such a senior officer does
not become the investigating of- the matter be probed by a cen- was an administrative decision,” Continued on next page... >>

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