Mumbai : The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has ordered a vigilance probe against zonal director Sameer Wankhede after a witness accused him of asking for Rs 25 crore bribe through another witness in order to release Aryan Khan. The NCB Deputy Director General Gyaneshwar Singh has said, “I am supervising the inquiry on the allegations (against Sameer Wankhede).” Asked if Wankhede will remain on the post, Singh said, “It is premature to comment.

Mumbai Oct 25 PTI Prabhakar Sail the independent witness in the cruise drugs case met a senior Mumbai Police official on Monday seeking protection a day after he claimed that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an NCB official and other persons to let off Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan in the case an official said Sail visited the city police commissioners office in the morning and met Joint Commissioner of Police crime Milind Bharambhe the official said He spent about an hour in the police commissioners office He later approached the Sahar police in Mumbai seeking security whenever he comes to meet his wife children and mother-in-law who live in the Sahar village here officials said Sail did not file any written complaint against anyone at the police station but only approached the police for the purpose of his and his familys security they said On Sunday Sail told media persons that he feared a threat to his life and had claimed he could be harmed Sail had claimed that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an official of the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB and other persons including absconding witness K P Gosavi to let off Aryan Khan in the cruise drugs case He had said that he overheard Gosavi telling one Sam DSouza over the phone after Aryan Khan was brought to the NCB office following the October 3 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 the zonal director of NCB He also claimed NCB officials had asked him to sign nine to ten blank papers However a senior NCB official had denied the allegations terming them as completely false and malicious Wankhede on Sunday 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 On Monday the NCB and Wankhede approached a special court here against the allegations of extortion levelled against them in the cruise drugs seizure case Wankhede in his affidavit submitted to the court refuted the allegations levelled against him and claimed he was under a lurking threat of arrest as it does not suit some vested interests for conducting an honest and impartial investigation The NCB and Wankhede in their affidavits submitted to the court designated to hear cases related to the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act NDPS also said the allegations against them were 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 in the case PTI ZA GK GK

Mumbai Oct 25 PTI Prabhakar Sail the independent witness in the cruise drugs case arrived at the Mumbai police commissioners office on Monday to meet senior security officials a day after he claimed that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an NCB official and other persons to let off Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan in the case an official said Sail visited the police commissioners office apparently in connection with his security concern an official said He reached the commissioners office premises at around 1120 am and will meet Joint Commissioner of Police crime Milind Bharambhe the official said On Sunday Sail told media persons that he feared a threat to his life and had claimed he could be harmed Sail the independent witness had claimed that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an official of the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB and other persons including absconding witness K P Gosavi to let off Aryan Khan in the cruise drugs case He had said that he overheard Gosavi telling one Sam DSouza over the phone after Aryan Khan was brought to the NCB office following the October 3 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 the zonal director of NCB He also claimed NCB officials had asked him to sign nine to ten blank papers However a senior NCB official had denied the allegations terming them as completely false and malicious Wankhede on Sunday 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 issuePTI ZA GK GK