MUMBAI: Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer, Sameer Wankhede, who is accused of allegedly demanding Rs 25 crore as a bribe for not framing Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case, has alleged that he was being punished for being a patriot.
Wankhede’s statement came in response to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids on his residence and other premises on Friday. Wankhede alleged that 18 CBI officials raided his house while his wife and children were present.
“I am getting rewarded for being a patriot. On Friday, 18 CBI officials raided my residence and searched it for more than 12 hours while my wife and children were present in the house. They found Rs 23,000 and four property papers. These assets were acquired before I joined the service”, Wankhede said on Saturday.
Sameer Wankhede further claimed that CBI officials also took the phone of his wife Kranti Redkar into their possession. Apart from that, CBI recovered Rs 28,000 from his sister Yasmin Wankhede’s house and Rs 28,000 from his father Dnyaneshwar Wankhede’s house. Cash of Rs 1,800 was also recovered from the residence of Sameer Wankhede’s father-in-law.
The CBI on Friday conducted searches at 29 locations in Mumbai, Delhi, Ranchi (Jharkhand) and Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) following the alleged corruption case against him and three others linked to the Aryan Khan drugs-on-cruise case. Wankhede had raided the Cordelia Cruise and arrested actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in an alleged drug case. (ANI)