Former Mumbai NCB chief Sameer Wankhede, who appeared before the CBI for the second consecutive day on Sunday in the drug-in-cruise case, on Monday submitted a letter to the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s office seeking security.
The controversial officer claimed that he and his wife had been receiving death threats for the past few days. An official said a letter was sent to the Police Commissionerate in South Mumbai through a representative from Wankhede.
The Central Bureau of Investigation had on May 11 registered a case against Wankhede and four others for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 25 crore from the actor. Shahrukh Khan For not implicating the actor’s son Aryan in the Cordelia Cruz ‘drug bust’ case.
Wankhede has been booked for alleged criminal conspiracy and threatening to extort as well as provisions related to bribery under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The CBI questioned him in connection with the case on Saturday and Sunday.
The Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer claimed that he and his wife Kranti Redkar have been receiving death threats and abusive messages on social media platforms for the last four days.
The FIR against Wankhede and four others was based on a report by the then deputy director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Gyaneshwar Singh, who headed a special investigation team into the cruise ship ‘drug bust’ case after allegations of irregularities surfaced .
Wankhede had said last week that the FIR against him was lodged because he had lodged a complaint against Singh with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes. Wankhede has alleged that Singh humiliated and harassed him during an interrogation as the former belonged to a backward community.
The Bombay High Court on Monday extended till June 8 the interim protection granted to Wankhede from any coercive action like arrest.
(with PTI inputs)