The anti-drug agency and Mr Wankhede in their affidavits said this was an attempt to create hurdles in the case and obstruct the investigation.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and its zonal director Sameer Wankhede moved a special court here on Monday. charges of extortion against him Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is an accused in the cruise drugs seizure case.
The anti-drug agency and Mr Wankhede in their affidavits said this was an attempt to create hurdles in the case and obstruct the investigation.
The NCB, in its affidavit, demanded that there should be no tampering with the evidence or investigation, while Mr Wankhede denied the allegations leveled against him.
On Sunday, an independent witness in the cruise drugs case claimed in a statement to the media that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an NCB official and absconding witness KP Gosavi, among others, to release Aryan Khan in the case. .
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‘Independent Witness’ Prabhakar Cell told media persons that after Aryan Khan was brought to the NCB office after a raid on October 2, he had heard Mr. Gosavi calling Sam D’Souza over the phone saying that he had demanded ₹25 crore. Was. and “to settle on 18 crores because they will have to give 8 crores to Sameer Wankhede”.
Mr Sail had said that he would soon release evidence to support his claim.
The NCB and Mr Wankhede in their affidavits submitted to the court on Monday refuted these claims.
Mr Wankhede also wrote to Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale on Sunday, seeking protection from possible legal action by unidentified persons for falsely implicating him in connection with an alleged vigilance issue against him.
Mr. Wankhede, an IRS officer of 2008 batch, in his letter to Mr. Nagrale without taking names, claimed that jail and dismissal threats have been issued against him on public media by highly respected public functionaries.
Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3 after an NCB team led by Wankhede allegedly seized drugs on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast earlier this month.
He is currently lodged in Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai. His bail application is likely to be heard Bombay High Court on Tuesday
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