Sameer Wankhede: Former anti-drugs official Sameer Wankhede, who arrested actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in a drugs case, had made multiple trips abroad with family. A report filed by the Narcotics Control Bureau also says he owned vast property disproportionate to his income.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, investigating Wankhede, based their First Information Report on this report. The agency has accused Sameer Wankhede and a few others of demanding a ₹ 25 crore bribe from Shah Rukh Khan’s family. They also threatened them to frame Aryan Khan in the alleged drug bust if the family did not comply.
The report by the NCB’s vigilance department indicates that the names of Aryan Khan and his friend Arbaaz Merchant were added at the last moment while some other names were dropped. During the raid, despite the recovery of rolling paper from a suspect, she was allowed to go, the report says.
Several lapses in Aryan Khan case
A series of lapses in the custody of Aryan Khan indicates that it was intentionally compromised by Sameer Wankhede to give an opportunity to Kiran Gosavi for misconduct and violation of Central Civil Services laws. Gosavi was an independent witness in the Mumbai cruise raid.
The CCTV footage of the NCB office collected by a probe team, had gone corrupt. The DVR and hard copy of the Aryan Khan’s arrest were different, the report says.
The report also mentioned that in five years — from 2017 to 2021 — Sameer Wankhede made six trips abroad with his family. He and his family visited UK, Ireland, Portugal, South Africa and Maldives, where they stayed for 55 days.
However Wankhede has claimed that he spent only 8.75 lakh, which barely covers the cost of air travel.
Assets disproportionate to income
The report also mentions a series of expensive watches and other property of Sameer Wankhede that are disproportionate to his known sources of income. This includes a Rolex watch.
He also owns four flats in Mumbai and 41,688 acres of land in Washim.
Sameer Wankhede has told the agency he spent ₹ 82.8 lakh on a fifth flat in Goregaon valued at ₹ 2.45 crore.
There is also mention of a flat purchased by him and his wife before their marriage for ₹ 1.25 crore. The source of this money remains a mystery.
The Income Tax returns of Mr Wankhede and his wife show their annual income is 45,61,460.
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