BJP leader Mohit Bhartiya on Saturday alleged that one Sunil Patil from Dhule, who is “closely associated with NCP leaders including former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh”, is the mastermind of the cruise drug busting episode. Bollywood supper star Shahrukh Khanson of Aryan Khan is an accused.
Addressing a press conference here, the Indian also alleged that Deshmukh had met a drug peddler and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s aide Chinku Pathan at the Sahyadri State Guest House here when a strict lockdown was in place.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik termed the allegations as a “failed attempt by the personal army of (NCB Mumbai regional director) Sameer Wankhede to mislead and divert attention from the truth”.
Bhartiya, a former general secretary of the Mumbai BJP, also claimed that Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) witness Kiran Gosavi is Sunil Patil’s aide in the drugs-on-cruise case.
He claimed that Patil was in touch with Sam D’Souza and Gosavi since October 1 before the NCB raided the cruise ship. Prabhakar Cell, an independent witness and Gosavi’s bodyguard, claimed last month that he had heard Gosavi discussing a payment deal of Rs 25 crore with D’Souza over the phone, which included Rs 8 crore for Sameer Wankhede after Aryan Khan’s arrest. Included Rs.
Wankhede had denied all the allegations against him. “Sunil Patil, whose name had cropped up during the probe into allegations of corruption against NCB officials, is closely associated with several NCP leaders, including former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. Patil is the mastermind of the entire conspiracy in the Cruz drugs case. He is one of the founding members of the NCP and has been associated with many NCP leaders for the last 20 years.”
He said Patil is a “close friend” of Anil Deshmukh’s son Hrishikesh Deshmukh. “Patil is involved in the transfer/posting racket (of police officers) during the previous Congress-NCP governments from 1999 to 2014 and again during the Maha Vikas Aghadi from 2019. came to power,” the Indian alleged.
He alleged that on January 21, 2021, NCB busted a pharmaceutical factory run by Chinku Pathan in Dongri, Mumbai. He claimed, “Weapons and drugs were seized by the NCB team.” Meanwhile, Malik said he would “unveil the truth tomorrow” at a press conference.
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