Cruise case: CBI books Sameer Wankhede, four others on graft charge
The HinduThe Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday searched 29 locations in connection with the graft charge against former Narcotics Control Bureau official Sameer Wankhede and four others, related to the 2021 cruise ship case in which Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested and later given a clean chit. Among those named as accused are the then NCB Mumbai zonal director, Mr. Wankhede; superintendent Vishwa Vijay Singh, intelligence officer Ashish Ranjan, one K.P. Projected as an “independent witness” in the cruise case, Mr. Gosavi’s selfies with Mr. Aryan had gone viral after the searches on the ship on October 2, 2021. The same month, action against Mr. Wankhede, an Indian Revenue Service official who was posted with the NCB on deputation, was recommended to the competent authority for a “shoddy” initial probe into the cruise case.