Pune Oct 31 PTI The Pune police have registered a new case of cheating against Kiran Gosavi one of the NCB witnesses in the cruise ship drug bust case involving Aryan Khan after a person came forward with a complaint against him an official said on Sunday The fresh case was registered at the Wanawadi police station here in Maharashtra on Saturday night he said Gosavi was arrested by the Faraskhana police here in Maharashtra on Thursday in a 2018 case for allegedly cheating two persons by promising them jobs overseas and remanded police custody till November 5 Another case was registered with Lashkar police station on Friday after three persons filed a complaint alleging that he duped them of Rs 4 lakh by promising to provide them jobs in Malaysia in 2020 On Saturday night one more case was registered against Gosavi under IPC sections 420 cheating and 409 criminal breach of trust and relevant provisions of the Arms Act following a complaint by a 45-year-old man from Hadapsar area here Wanawadi police stations senior inspector Deepak Lagad said As per police officials the latest complainant accused Gosavi of cheating him of Rs 145 lakh under the pretext of providing him a job in Malaysia When the complainant did not get the job he approached Gosavi who then allegedly threatened him with a gun they said Gosavi was apparently present when the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB raided a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast on October 2 and arrested Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan along with others upon alleged drug seizure His selfie and a video with Aryan Khan after the raid had gone viral Recently another witness in the drugs case Prabhakar Sail told media persons that he had overheard Gosavi telling one Sam DSouza over the phone after Aryan Khan was brought to the NCB office following the October 2 raid on the cruise ship about a demand of Rs 25 crore and to settle at Rs 18 crore as they have to give Rs eight crore to Sameer Wankhede PTI COR GK GK

Mumbai Oct 25 PTI The Narcotics Control Bureau NCB and its zonal director Sameer Wankhede approached a special court here on Monday against the allegations of extortion levelled against them in the cruise drugs seizure case in which actor Shah Rukh Khan son Aryan Khan is an accused The anti-drugs agency and Wankhede in their affidavits said this was an attempt to create hurdles and scuttle the investigation in the case The NCB in its affidavit sought that there should be no tampering with the evidence or investigation while Wankhede refuted the allegations raised against him On Sunday an independent witness in the cruise drugs case in a statement to the media claimed that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an official of the NCB and other persons including absconding witness K P Gosavi to let off Aryan Khan in the case Prabhakar Sail the independent witness told media persons that he had overheard Gosavi telling one Sam DSouza over the phone after Aryan Khan was brought to the NCB office following the October 2 raid about a demand of Rs 25 crore and to settle at Rs 18 crore as they have to give Rs eight crore to Sameer Wankhede Sail had said he would soon release evidence to support his claim The NCB and Wankhede rubbished these claims in their affidavits submitted to the court on Monday Wankhede on Sunday also wrote to Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale seeking protection from likely legal action being planned against him by unknown persons to falsely frame him concerning an alleged vigilance related issue Without taking names Wankhede an IRS officer of the 2008 batch had claimed in his letter to Nagrale that the threat of jail and dismissal have been issued against him on public media by highly respectable public functionaries An NCB team led by Wankhede earlier this month allegedly seized drugs onboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast following which Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3 He is currently lodged in the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai His bail application is likely to be heard by the Bombay High Court on Tuesday PTI SP GK GK