Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 16 (ANI): As investigations in the Mumbai cruise drugs case continues, Mumbai Police on Monday recorded the statement of Sam D'Souza who allegedly helped Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) witness KP Gosavi get in touch with Shah Rukh Khan's manager Pooja Dadlani.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 8 (ANI): Sunil Patil, whose name cropped up in corruption allegations against NCB officers, has admitted that he knew Sam D'souza, who is facing allegations of extortion in the drugs-on-cruise case, and later came in contact with Kiran Gosavi, an Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) witness in the case.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 4 (ANI): The Bombay High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail application of Sam D'souza, who is facing allegations of extortion in the drugs-on-cruise case.

Pune Oct 28 PTI Pune police have detained Kiran Gosavi an independent witness of the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB in the drugs-on-cruise case in connection with a 2018 cheating case registered against him here in Maharashtra officials said on Thursday Gosavi said to be a private investigator whose photos and videos with actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan went viral on social media after the NCBs raid on the cruise ship off the Mumbai coast on October 2 had been absconding 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 On Monday Gosavi had refuted the extortion claims made by Sail and said he will surrender before Lucknow police Pune Commissioner of Police Amitabh Gupta on Thursday said they have detained Gosavi in connection with the 2018 cheating case The official denied that Gosavi had surrendered before the police Gosavi was apparently present during the cruise ship raid and was seen at the NCB office when Aryan Khan was taken there His selfies and videos with Aryan Khan have appeared on social media Gosavi has been called an independent witness by the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB which is probing the drugs case in which nearly 20 people were arrested The Pune police had earlier arrested Gosavis assistant Sherbano Kureshi in connection with the cheating case filed by one Chinmay Deshmukh who had alleged that Gosavi cheated him of Rs 309 lakh under the pretext of providing him a job in Malaysia in the hotel industry Kureshi had received the money in her account The case was registered at Faraskhana police station here Earlier a lookout circular was also issued by the police to prevent Gosavi from leaving the country PTI SPK GK GK

Mumbai Oct 27 PTI Mumbai Police on Wednesday recorded the statement of independent witness Prabhakar Sail for the second time in connection with his allegation of extortion attempt by NCB officials in the drugs seizure case involving Aryan Khan Sail appeared before the Assistant Commissioner of Police of Azad Maidan division around 3 pm and left around 830 pm an official said On Tuesday Sail had appeared before the police in the evening and his statement was recorded for over eight hours He left around 3 am only to return in the afternoon Sail has been provided protection by the city police On Tuesday his lawyer Tushar Khandare had claimed that his client was misused during the Narcotics Control Bureaus NCB raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast during which drugs were allegedly seized and Aryan Khan actor Shah Rukh Khans son was arrested The city police had said they had received four applications alleging extortion by NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede and other officials and have launched an enquiry to verify these claims One of the applications was sent by Sail who alleged that he overheard K P Gosavi another witness in the cruise ship raid case talking to one Sam DSouza over the phone about a demand of Rs 25 crore including Rs 8 crore for Sameer Wankhede police said Wankhede an IRS officer has denied the allegations On Wednesday Wankhede recorded his own statement before a team headed by NCB Deputy Director General northern region Gyaneshwar Singh in connection with a departmental vigilance probe into extortion allegations PTI DC GK KRK KRK

Mumbai Oct 26 PTI Prabhakar Sail an independent witness in the alleged drugs case involving Aryan Khan said on Wednesday that he stood by his allegation of extortion demand against NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede and others and nobody had tutored him Wankhede has already denied the allegation Speaking to reporters here Sail showed some chats on mobile phone where K P Gosavi another witness in the case purportedly asked him to collect the extortion money from Haji Ali I have narrated everything chronologically and nothing is made-up Nobody is asking me to speak about this issue Sail said I dont have any relations with any politician I am a 40 year-old man and do not have a single case registered against me he said denying allegations that he was going to get some quid-pro-quo for leveling the allegations Sail has also sent an application to Mumbai Police claiming that he had overheard Gosavi talking to one Sam DSouza over the phone about a demand of Rs 25 crore including Rs 8 crore for Sameer Wankhede Earlier this month a team led by Wankhede raided a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai and claimed to have recovered drugs They arrested Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan along with others in the case PTI ZA KRK KRK

In a new twist in the Aryan Khan drug case, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) witness Prabhakar Sail filed an affidavit, saying that he heard KP Gosavi and Sam D’Souza talk about a payoff of Rs 25 crore and finally settle at Rs 18 crore, as they had to give Rs 8 crores to NCB officer Sameer […]