Mumbai Drug Bust Highlights: NCB's Sameer Wankhede reaches Delhi amid allegations of payoff

A witness in the cruise ship drugs case has made grave allegations of bribery and wrongdoing against Sameer Wankhede, Mumbai Zonal Director of NCB reached the Crime Banch office earlier today. Meanwhile, Ananya Panday is likely to visit the NCB office today for further questioning.

Sameer Wankhede and other officers have impeccable service record, NCB tells court

Amid allegations of an extortion attempt by NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede and others in connection with the cruise drugs case in which actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan is arrested, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in an affidavit submitted before a special court here on Monday said Wankhede and other officers have an impeccable service record.

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NCB's Wankhede reaches Delhi amid allegations of payoff in drugs case

NCB Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede reaches Delhi amid an allegation of payoff in the drugs case involving actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan "I have not been summoned. I've come here for a different purpose. Allegations against me are baseless," he says.

Will surrender in half an hour outside Maharashtra, 'everything will be clear': NCB witness Kiran Gosavi

False allegations. They fabricated stories & are changing directions (of probe). It's I who was being threatened that I led to his (Aryan Khan's) arrest, I received phone calls. I'm surrendering in half an hr outside Maharashtra. Everything will be clear: NCB witness Kiran Gosavi to ANI

Sameer Wankhede's wife tweets in support of her husband, says 'no tide in this world is big enough to drown you'

Cruise drugs case: Special court refuses to pass blanket order barring any court from taking cognisance of affidavit of a witness who alleged extortion bid by NCB official

Cruise ship drugs case: Sanjay Raut claims deliberate attempts being made to malign Maharashtra

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said deliberate attempts were being made to malign Maharashtra through the cruise drugs seizure case and claimed "some officials will get exposed".

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Nawab Malik says Sameer Wankhede forged caste certificate, NCB official denies

NCP chief spokesperson and Maharashtra’s minority affairs minister Nawab Malik fired yet another salvo at NCB’s Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhedeaccusing him of forging the caste certificate.

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Ananya Panday to not appear before NCB today

Actor Ananya Panday is not appearing before NCB today in the ongoing drugs case. She has requested NCB for a further date due to personal commitments. NCB has accepted her request; to issue her fresh summons for another date: NCB Sources (ANI)

NCB, Sameer Wankhede move court against extortion allegations

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.

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Wankhede says his family, including sister, dead mother being targeted

Drugs-on-cruise-case | My family including my sister and deceased mother are are being targeted: NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede to Special NDPS court (ANI)

I am being targeted, ready for a probe: Sameer Wankhede tells NDPS court judge

Drugs-on-cruise-case | Appearing before Special NDPS court, NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede told the judge that he was being targeted and is ready for a probe. Two affidavits have been filed in the case. One by NCB and one by Wankhede (ANI)

NCB bribe witness Prabhakar Sail reaches NCB Mumbai Police Commissioner’s office

Some people lodging fake cases under 'deshbhakti pretext': Sanjay Raut on cruise ship drugs case

Drugs on cruise case: NCB witness bribe allegations spark off political storm

Spelling embarrassment for the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), an affidavit by one of its "independent witnesses" alleging threats and bribe ignited a political storm in Maharashtra on Sunday and raised questions on the agency's credibility.

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Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan being taken to Arthur Road jail from Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office after being arrested in connection with the alleged seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship, in Mumbai. A special NDPS court rejects bail application of Aryan on Wednesday.

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Cruise drugs case: Witness shares video showing hotelier Kunal Jani at NCB office

A video shared on Sunday by an 'independent witness' in the cruise drugs case purportedly shows absconding witness K P Gosavi recording an audio of Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, at the NCB office here, in which hotelier Kunal Jani, who was earlier arrested in a separate drugs case, was also briefly seen. Prabhakar Sail, the 'independent witness', shared the video to media persons.

The video that showed Jani, who is the director of a prominent restaurant in Bandra here, at the NCB's office, triggered speculations that he had some connection in the raid conducted by the anti-drugs agency on the cruise ship earlier this month that led to the alleged seizure of drugs and arrest of Aryan Khan and others.

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Witness makes bribery allegations against NCB's Sameer Wankhede

A witness in the cruise ship drugs case has made grave allegations of bribery and wrongdoing against Sameer Wankhede, Mumbai Zonal Director of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), adding a new twist to the incident that has made national news following the arrest of actor Shah Rukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan.

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NCB's Wankhede seeks protection from 'false charges'

Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede on Sunday approached the Mumbai police commissioner seeking protection from likely legal action "being planned" against him by unknown persons to falsely frame him concerning an alleged vigilance related issue.

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