<p>The Mumbai drugs case, in which the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 3 arrested Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's 23-year-old son Aryan and allegedly seized banned drugs aboard a cruise ship, is most likely to be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), <em>CNN-News18</em> <a href="https://www.news18.com/news/india/mumbai-drugs-bust-case-to-be-handed-over-to-nia-to-rule-out-all-possibilities-sources-4380449.html" target="_blank">reported</a> quoting sources.</p>.<p>An NIA team had visited the Mumbai zonal office of the NCB and spent hours inside, the report stated.</p>.<p><em>DH </em>couldn't independently verify the report.</p>.<p>NCB's Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede, who led the raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast earlier this month, is in the eye of a political storm following allegations of extortion and his alleged connection with BJP leaders.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/published-wankhedes-former-wifes-photos-with-her-consent-nawab-malik-1045500.html" target="_blank">Published Wankhede's former wife's photos with her consent: Nawab Malik</a></strong></p>.<p>Prabhakar Sail, one of NCB's independent witnesses in the cruise drugs case, has alleged that he overheard K P Gosavi, another witness, talking to one Sam D'Souza over the phone about a demand of Rs 25 crore, including Rs 8 crore for Wankhede, to let off Aryan Khan arrested in the case.</p>.<p>Taking potshots over a meeting between family members of Sameer Wankhede and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik accused the BJP of misusing central agencies to defame Maharashtra and Bollywood.</p>.<p>"I had already raised questions about BJP's uneasiness when I was targeting an NCB official for his alleged involvement in the fraud.”</p>.<p>The state minister, who has dubbed the cruise drugs case as "bogus", also accused Wankhede of forging documents to get a government job and lying about his religion, among other things. The IRS officer and his family have denied all allegations.</p>.<p>Wankhede has denied all allegations.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Special Enquiry Team (SET) of the NCB, which is probing allegations of the extortion attempt, said that it can not make any progress unless it speaks to Sail. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>.<p><em>(With PTI inputs)</em></p>
<p>The Mumbai drugs case, in which the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 3 arrested Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's 23-year-old son Aryan and allegedly seized banned drugs aboard a cruise ship, is most likely to be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), <em>CNN-News18</em> <a href="https://www.news18.com/news/india/mumbai-drugs-bust-case-to-be-handed-over-to-nia-to-rule-out-all-possibilities-sources-4380449.html" target="_blank">reported</a> quoting sources.</p>.<p>An NIA team had visited the Mumbai zonal office of the NCB and spent hours inside, the report stated.</p>.<p><em>DH </em>couldn't independently verify the report.</p>.<p>NCB's Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede, who led the raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast earlier this month, is in the eye of a political storm following allegations of extortion and his alleged connection with BJP leaders.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/published-wankhedes-former-wifes-photos-with-her-consent-nawab-malik-1045500.html" target="_blank">Published Wankhede's former wife's photos with her consent: Nawab Malik</a></strong></p>.<p>Prabhakar Sail, one of NCB's independent witnesses in the cruise drugs case, has alleged that he overheard K P Gosavi, another witness, talking to one Sam D'Souza over the phone about a demand of Rs 25 crore, including Rs 8 crore for Wankhede, to let off Aryan Khan arrested in the case.</p>.<p>Taking potshots over a meeting between family members of Sameer Wankhede and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik accused the BJP of misusing central agencies to defame Maharashtra and Bollywood.</p>.<p>"I had already raised questions about BJP's uneasiness when I was targeting an NCB official for his alleged involvement in the fraud.”</p>.<p>The state minister, who has dubbed the cruise drugs case as "bogus", also accused Wankhede of forging documents to get a government job and lying about his religion, among other things. The IRS officer and his family have denied all allegations.</p>.<p>Wankhede has denied all allegations.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Special Enquiry Team (SET) of the NCB, which is probing allegations of the extortion attempt, said that it can not make any progress unless it speaks to Sail. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>.<p><em>(With PTI inputs)</em></p>
