2 years, 10 months ago

Drugs-on-cruise case: Centre orders action against probing officer Sameer Wankhede for 'shoddy' investigation

Drugs-on-cruise case: Centre orders action against probing officer Sameer Wankhede for 'shoddy' investigation The government said it will take appropriate action against Wankhede for allegedly providing a fake caste certificate. Aryan Khan was given a clean chit by the Narcotics Control Bureau in the October 2021 drugs-on-cruise case on Friday. Drugs-on-cruise case: On the day Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan and five others received a clean chit from the Narcotics Control Bureau, the government ordered action against ex-NCB officer Sameer Wankhede for his alleged "shoddy" work while probing a 'drugs-on-cruise' case. The government has asked the competent authority to take appropriate action against Wankhede for his alleged "shoddy" investigation in the 'drugs-on-cruise' case, sources said.

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4 months, 1 week ago

From the India Today archives (2022) | Lessons from the Aryan Khan drugs case

India Today

If there was a turning point in the Aryan Khan case, it came on November 12 last year, on his 24th birthday. “The Wankhede saga,” he says, “was overtaking the Aryan Khan one and, in both cases, the NCB’s reputation was at stake. Singh says, “It is strange that in spite of a clear-cut denial by Arbaaz regarding the involvement …

11 months, 1 week ago

NCB's Sanjay Singh, who gave clean chit to Aryan Khan in Cordelia case, takes voluntary retirement

Hindustan Times

Sanjay Kumar Singh, 59, Narcotics Control Bureau ’s Deputy Director General who headed the Special Investigation Team that gave a clean chit to Aryan Khan, the son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, in the Cordelia drugs bust case, has taken voluntary retirement from the Indian Police Service. In his role, Singh oversaw the investigation into the Cordelia cruise case, initiated …

1 year, 1 month ago

Sameer Wankhede on 'father to father' chat with SRK during Aryan Khan drugs case

India Today

Former Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede, who led the drugs probe against Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan, has said he feels bad for the parents of people who consume drugs. In May 2023, Sameer Wankhede submitted an affidavit in a court about his purported chats with Shah Rukh Khan, where the actor allegedly pleaded before him and …

1 year, 1 month ago

Money laundering case: ED tells Bombay HC it won’t arrest Sameer Wankhede till March 1

The Hindu

The Enforcement Directorate on February 20 told the Bombay High Court that it will extend till March 1 its previous statement that it would not arrest Sameer Wankhede, the former zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, in a money laundering case. The ED registered a money laundering case against Mr. Wankhede after taking cognisance of a first information report …

1 year, 1 month ago

Aryan Khan case: ’Sameer Wankhede won’t be arrested till March 1’, says ED

Live Mint

Sameer Wankhede, the former zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau will not be arrested in a money laundering case till March 1, Enforcement Directorate told Bombay High Court on Tuesday. Bombay High Court's division bench of Justices P D Naik and N R Borkar accepted ED's statement and posted Wankhede's petition against the case on March 1. A money …

1 year, 1 month ago

Aryan Khan case: Sameer Wankhede reacts to money laundering charges by ED, says 'it is surprising'

Hindustan Times

Former Mumbai NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede has reacted after the Enforcement Directorate registered a money laundering case against him. The ED filed the case after taking cognisance of a Central Bureau of Investigation FIR against him in an alleged ₹25-crore bribe demand from Shah Rukh Khan's family to spare his son Aryan Khan in a drugs case, news agency …

1 year, 1 month ago

ED files money laundering case against ex-NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede

The Hindu

The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against former Mumbai NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede taking cognisance of a CBI FIR in an alleged ₹25-crore bribe demand from superstar Shah Rukh Khan's family to spare his son in a drugs case, official sources said Saturday, February 10, 2024. Wankhede, a 2008-batch Indian Revenue Service officer of the Customs …

1 year, 6 months ago

Is Sameer Wankhede's post a reply to Shah Rukh Khan's 'Before you touch my son, talk to his father,' line from Jawan?

Firstpost

He tweeted- “I have licked the fire and danced in the ashes of every bridge I ever burned. -Nicole Lyons A quote that always inspires me!” Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Before you touch my son, talk to his father,’ line from Jawan turned a lot of heads and grabbed a lot of eyeballs due to the meta-ness of it. @ABPNews @news24tvchannel …

1 year, 7 months ago

Aryan Khan Case: Sameer Wankhede files police complaint against RTI activist Ketan Tirodkar

Firstpost

The complaint filed by Wankhede states that the allegations levied by Tirodkar against him are baseless and false In a fresh twist in the Aryan Khan case, Sameer Wankhede has filed a police complaint against RTI activist Ketan Tirodkar. The Central Bureau of Investigation case is that Wankhede, former Mumbai zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau and four other …

1 year, 8 months ago

CBI summons model arrested in Aryan Khan case in probe against Sameer Wankhede

India Today

The Central Bureau of Investigation has summoned Munmun Dhamecha, one of the accused who was arrested alongside Aryan Khan in the Mumbai drug cruise case in 2021. In May, CBI had registered a criminal case against Wankhede, for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 25 crore from Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan in exchange for not framing his son Aryan …

1 year, 8 months ago

'Not Proof Of His Integrity': NCB to Bombay HC on Sameer Wankhede's Alleged Chats With Shah Rukh Khan

News 18

Former Narcotics Control Bureau zonal director, Sameer Wankhede, cannot use his purported chats with Shah Rukh Khan as evidence of his ‘integrity’ as they violated the conduct rules, according to an affidavit filed by the narcotics probe agency in the Bombay High court. Earlier, Wankhede’s lawyer alleged that Aryan Khan and his father Shah Rukh Khan already informed the court …

1 year, 8 months ago

Shah Rukh Khan paid bribe, must be made accused: Drugs-on-cruise officer in court

India Today

The Bombay High Court permitted the former Mumbai Zonal Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, Sameer Wankhede, to amend his petition and add additional grounds, including the one which states that the one giving a bribe should also be prosecuted. During this tenure, he and four other accused demanded Rs 25 crore as a bribe from actor Shah Rukh Khan …

1 year, 9 months ago

Extortion case: Sameer Wankhede says prior sanction taken from home ministry for probe 'unlawful'

India Today

Former NCB zonal director, Sameer Wankhede told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that the prior sanction taken by central agencies to prosecute him on corruption charges was not lawful as it was obtained from the wrong Union Ministry. Wankhede's counsel Aabad Ponda argued before the bench of Justices AS Gadkari and SG Dige that the sanction to investigate Wankhede …

1 year, 9 months ago

Aryan Khan case officer Sameer Wankhede can't be arrested till June 23: Bombay High Court

India Today

The Bombay High Court has extended the Narcotics Control Bureau's former Mumbai Zonal director Sameer Wankhede's interim protection from arrest till June 23 in the Central Bureau of Investigation's bribery and extortion case against him. Rizwan Merchant, another lawyer appearing for Sameer Wankhede, informed the court that statements by Wankhede, his father and his sister had already been recorded by …

1 year, 10 months ago

Aryan Khan case: CBI grills ex-NCB officer Sameer Wankhede for over 5 hours

Firstpost

Sameer Wankhede, the former NCB Zonal director was grilled for over 5 years by CBI on Sunday in connection to Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan’s Cordelia drug bust case. The Bombay High Court will hear Wankhede’s plea challenging CBI’s FIR on Monday and has restrained the Crime Bureau of Investigation take any ‘coercive action’ against him till then. In …

1 year, 10 months ago

Wanhkede trying to show SRK messages as 'certificate of integrity', says CBI; HC extends IRS official's interim protection till June 8

The Hindu

Former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede is trying to show the alleged messages exchanged with film superstar Shah Rukh Khan as “certificate of integrity”, the CBI told the Bombay High Court on Monday during a hearing of a petition of the official who is accused of seeking ₹25 crore as bribe from the actor for not implicating his son Aryan …

1 year, 10 months ago

Sameer Wankhede granted interim relief in Aryan Khan bribery case till 8 June

Live Mint

Sameer Wankhede, a former Narcotics Control Bureau 's zonal head, was granted interim relief by the Bombay High Court till 8 June regarding the Aryan Khan bribery case. Sameer Wankhede had been accused of allegedly seeking a bribe amounting to ₹25 crore from Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan Khan in the Cordelia Cruise ‘drug …

1 year, 10 months ago

Sameer Wankhede seeks police protection citing death threats

India Today

Former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede, accused of trying to extort Rs 25 crore from Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan to secure the release of his son Aryan in a drugs case, has sought the protection of the Mumbai Police citing threats. READ | Aryan will break, don't let him be in that jail, beg you man: Sameer Wankhede cites SRK …

1 year, 10 months ago

'Me and my wife receiving death threats'- Ex-Mumbai NCB chief Sameer Wankhede seeks police protection

India TV News

'Me and my wife receiving death threats'- Ex-Mumbai NCB chief Sameer Wankhede seeks police protection Cordelia cruise drug bust case: Whatsapp chat between Shah Rukh Khan whose son Aryan khan was arrested in the drug case and then Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede who led the probe surfaced on May 20. Former Mumbai NCB chief Sameer Wankhede, who on …

1 year, 10 months ago

NCB Officials: Sameer Wankhede’s ’chats’ with Shah Rukh Khan violate rules

Live Mint

The alleged chats between IRS officer Sameer Wankhede and Shah Rukh Khan, which Wankhede presented in court as part of his defence, violate conduct rules, informed ANI citing NCB sources. According to the reports, NCB sources state that investigating officers should not engage with the family members of the “accused.” Furthermore, Wankhede supposedly never informed his superiors about these conversations, …

1 year, 10 months ago

Mumbai: CBI Questions Sameer Wankhede for More Than 5 Hours in Cruise Drug Bust Bribery Case

News 18

The CBI on Saturday quizzed former Mumbai NCB chief Sameer Wankhede for more than five hours in a case in which he is accused of demanding a Rs 25 crore bribe from superstar Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan in the Cordelia cruise ‘drug bust’ case, an official said. Seeking quashing of FIR, Wankhede alleged before the …

1 year, 10 months ago

CBI quizzes Sameer Wankhede for five hours in alleged bribery case

The Hindu

A day after the Bombay High Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to not take any “coercive action” against him till May 22, former Mumbai chief of the Narcotics Control Bureau Sameer Wankhede was quizzed by the Central agency for around five hours on May 20. The 2008 batch Indian Revenue Service officer is under investigation for allegedly demanding …

1 year, 10 months ago

Mumbai: Sameer Wankhede Appears Before CBI in Cruise Drug Bust Bribery Case; Says 'Satyamev Jayate' to Media

News 18

Former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede on Saturday appeared before the CBI here for questioning in a case in which he is accused of demanding Rs 25 crore bribe from superstar Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan in the Cordelia cruise ‘drug bust’ case, an official said. The central agency booked Wankhede and four others on May …

1 year, 10 months ago

CBIC to take action against Sameer Wankhede over corruption charges

India Today

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, parent cadre of former Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai zonal director, Sameer Wankhede, is all set to initiate action against him over corruption charges. Wankhede has been accused of attempting to extort Rs 25 crore from actor Shah Rukh Khan in exchange for securing Aryan Khan's release in the high-profile drugs-on-cruise case. The …

1 year, 10 months ago

Wankhede abused his position as NCB officer in Aryan Khan drugs case: Enquiry

Live Mint

An Narcotics Control Bureau special inquiry team that was set up to probe the role of its former Mumbai zone chief Sameer Wankhede has found irregularities and violations during his tenure. The irregularities found “are a wrong committed by the applicant and his team which constitutes an abuse of his position as a zonal director.” The Central Bureau of Investigation …

1 year, 10 months ago

Aryan Khan Case: Bombay HC Orders No Coercive Action Against Ex-NCB Officer Till Monday

ABP News

The Bombay High Court on Friday ordered no coercive action against former zonal director of NCB Sameer Wankhede till May 22 in a corruption case related to the Cordelia cruise drug bust. Wankhede had filed a petition seeking the quashing of the Central Bureau of Investigation FIR against him for allegedly demanding a Rs 25 crore bribe from superstar Shah …

1 year, 10 months ago

Ex-NCB Mumbai Chief Sameer Wankhede Moves Bombay HC To Oppose CBI FIR, Urgent Hearing Today

ABP News

Former zonal director of NCB Mumbai Sameer Wankhede moved the Bombay High Court to seek quashing of the Central Bureau of Investigation FIR against him for allegedly demanding Rs 25 crore bribe from superstar Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan Khan in the Cordelia cruise drug bust case. Wankhede is accused of demanding a bribe to not …

1 year, 10 months ago

Sameer Wankhede moves Bombay HC seeking quashing of CBI FIR in Aryan Khan bribe case

India Today

Former Narcotics Control Bureau zonal director Sameer Wankhede on Friday filed a petition before the Bombay High Court, requesting the quashing of the First Information Report against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation. The FIR accuses Wankhede of demanding a bribe of Rs 25 crore from Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan to not implicate his son Aryan Khan in …

1 year, 10 months ago

Sameer Wankhede says NCB officer humiliated him over caste, used CBI to get 'Aryan Khan off the hook'

India Today

Former Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede on Friday accused the agency's deputy director, Gyaneshwar Singh, of humiliating him over his caste during an inquiry. Sameer Wankhede alleged that Gyaneshwar Singh used the Central Bureau of Investigation against him to help Aryan Khan "get off the hook" in connection with the Cordelia cruise drug bust case. Sameer Wankhede, …

1 year, 10 months ago

'He will be shattered': Shah Rukh Khan's chat with former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede's surfaces

India TV News

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's Whatsapp chat with former Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede on Friday surfaced in which the actor requested him not to arrest his son Aryan Khan in the Cordelia cruise drug bust case. Image Source : INDIA TVAlleged chat between SRK and Sameer Wankhede Earlier today, Wankhede moved a petition before the Bombay High Court …

1 year, 10 months ago

Corruption, misconduct: Anti-drug agency's report on Aryan Khan case officer Sameer Wankhede | Exclusive

India Today

India Today obtained exclusive access to the findings of a probe conducted by the Special Enquiry Team of the Narcotics Control Bureau against IRS officer Sameer Wankhede. The NCB SET, led by Deputy Director General Gyaneshwar Singh, uncovered evidence of corruption, misconduct, and violations of civil service rules by Sameer Wankhede during their investigation. READ | CBI files corruption case …

1 year, 10 months ago

Aryan Khan Drug Case: CBI Summons Ex-NCB Officer Sameer Wankhede On Thursday For Questioning

ABP News

New Delhi: The CBI summoned former Mumbai NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede for questioning on Thursday for allegedly seeking Rs 25 crore bribe for not framing actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son, Aryan Khan, in the Cordelia cruise ship drug bust case, news agency PTI reported. Wankhede, in the capacity of the immediate supervisory officer, had directed to take Gosavi and …

1 year, 10 months ago

Extortion case: Ex-NCB officer Sameer Wankhede won't appear before CBI tomorrow

India Today

Former head of Mumbai Zone Narcotics Control Bureau, Sameer Wankhede, will not be appearing before the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday in connection with an extortion case, sources told India Today. The central probe agency has given oral assurance to Delhi High Court that they will not summon Sameer Wankhede on Thursday, on the condition that he writes to …

1 year, 10 months ago

CBI summons ex-NCB officer Sameer Wankhede in cruise drug seizure case

The Hindu

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday issued summons to former Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede in the cruise drug seizure case pertaining to Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan. Mr. Wankhede had come to limelight following the high-profile October 2021 raids by the NCB on a Mumbai cruise after which the agency had arrested Mr. Aryan …

1 year, 10 months ago

Sameer Wankhede’s foreign visits, expensive watches under CBI scanner

Live Mint

The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked former Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede, who was involved in the Aryan Khan Cordelia Cruise case. Earlier, a Narcotics Control Bureau's Special Enquiry Team had red-flagged alleged improper explanations and apparent misdeclaration of "the expenditure" given by then NCB Zonal Director Wankhede on his foreign visits. Wankhede in the capacity of the …

1 year, 10 months ago

Aryan Khan drugs case: CBI reveals KP Gosavi planned to extort ₹25 cr

Live Mint

The Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Aryan Khan drugs case on Monday revealed that independent witness’ KP Gosavi planned to extort ₹25 crores from Aryan Khan's family in the alleged drugs on cruise case, according to the news agency ANI. CBI on Friday conducted searches at 29 locations across the country following the alleged corruption case against him …

1 year, 10 months ago

Aryan Khan case: Sameer Wankhede says he is being punished for being patriot

Live Mint

Former Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede, who is accused of allegedly demanding a bribe of ₹25 crore for not framing Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case, on Saturday said that he was being punished for being a patriot. On Friday, CBI conducted searches at 29 locations across the country following the alleged corruption case against …

1 year, 10 months ago

Cruise case: CBI books Sameer Wankhede, four others on graft charge

The Hindu

The 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 …

1 year, 10 months ago

CBI registers case against former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede for bribery in Aryan Khan case

Op India

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against IRS officer Sameer Wankhede and four others for demanding Rs 25 crore bribe in exchange of not naming Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in the cruise ship drug case. However, a report by Mint said that Sameer Wankhede had sought Rs 25 crore from the owners of Cordelia ship, …

1 year, 10 months ago

CBI books ex-NCB officer Sameer Wankhede for 'seeking Rs 25 crore bribe for not framing Aryan Khan'

Firstpost

New Delhi: The CBI on Friday conducted searches at the premises of former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede after filing an FIR against him and four others for allegedly seeking Rs 25 crore bribe for not framing Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case, officials said. Aryan Khan was arrested in an alleged drug bust case on the …

1 year, 10 months ago

Munmun Dhamecha seeks discharge from drugs-on-cruise case, pleads for parity with SRK's son

India Today

One of the accused in a drugs-on-cruise case, Munmun Dhamecha, has moved a special court seeking a discharge application seeking to be relieved from the matter. The fashion model was arrested by the drug enforcement agency along with actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, who was later given a clean chit by the Narcotics Control Bureau. Dhamecha was arrested …

2 years, 3 months ago

PIL Challenges 'Clean Chit' to Aryan Khan In Drugs Case, Bombay High Court Says 'Publicity Litigation'

Live Law

A criminal PIL challenging the "clean chit" to actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan in the cruise ship drugs case was withdrawn from the Bombay High Court on Wednesday. The Narcotic Control Bureau SIT, in its charge sheet earlier this year, gave a clean chit to Aryan Khan, Avin Sahu, Gopal Anand, Samir Sehgal, Bhaskar Arora and Manav Singhal …

2 years, 5 months ago

Take lessons from the botched Aryan probe

Hindustan Times

High-profile investigations require careful oversight, especially when the temptation to cut procedural corners to grab eyeballs or create sensational headlines is strong. This is the primary lesson that authorities should draw from the botched probe into an alleged drug bust on the cruise ship Cordelia last year, one that saw the arrest of actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, …

2 years, 5 months ago

Did the NCB selectively target Aryan Khan in drugs-on-cruise case? What the enquiry report reveals

Firstpost

A new enquiry by the vigilance team of the Narcotics Control Bureau has revealed several ‘procedural irregularities’ in the Aryan Khan drugs case. After making waves for arresting Shah Rukh Khan’s son, Aryan Khan, last October in the Cordelia cruise ship drug bust, a report has found irregularities in the investigations by the drug agency. According to reported information, there …

2 years, 5 months ago

Aryan Khan case: Sameer Wankhede moves Scheduled Caste commission over NCB report

India Today

Former Mumbai Narcotics Control Bureau chief Sameer Wankhede has approached the National Commission of Scheduled Caste or NCSC against Deputy director general Gyaneshwar Singh, chief vigilance officer of the bureau, over the vigilance probe that found lapses in the Aryan Khan drug case. The NCB inquiry into the probe of the drugs-on-cruise case in which Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan …

2 years, 5 months ago

Several irregularities in probe of drugs case in which Aryan Khan was arrested, says NCB's report

The Hindu

The Narcotics Control Bureau's inquiry into the probe of the drugs-on-cruise case in which Aryan Khan was arrested last year has flagged several irregularities but found no evidence of extortion, an official said on Tuesday. Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, was arrested after a raid on the ship, but got bail after three weeks with the …

2 years, 8 months ago

Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan asks court to return his passport after getting clean chit in drugs case

India TV News

Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan asks court to return his passport after getting clean chit in drugs case Aryan Khan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in early October last year in the high-profile drugs case, but the probe agency didn't name him as an accused in a charge-sheet filed in May. Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan …

2 years, 9 months ago

A flip-flop with several messages

The Hindu

The Narcotics Control Bureau’s decision to leave out Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, from the chargesheet last week in the so-called drugs-on-cruise ship case in Maharashtra has raised eyebrows in many circles. The controversial arrest In the Aryan Khan case that erupted in October last year, he was arrested by the NCB along with 19 others following …

2 years, 9 months ago

'Will bring cocaine, get them f***ed by NCB': Aryan Khan's joke on WhatsApp group

India Today

In his statement to the Narcotics Control Bureau’s special investigation team during the probe into the drugs-on-cruise case last year, Aryan Khan explained a reference to cocaine that was found on his cell phone. With reference to the chat on a WhatsApp group named ‘Title Undecided’, India Today has learnt that he said, “Yes, I jokingly said to the members …

2 years, 9 months ago

Sameer Wankhede, accused of 'shoddy' probe in Aryan Khan case, transferred

India Today

Sameer Wankhede, the anti-drugs officer pulled up for 'shoddy' investigations into the drugs-on-cruise case involving actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, has been transferred to Chennai. Wankhede, on deputation to the Narcotics Control Bureau, was the Zonal Director of the unit’s Mumbai office when he raided a Cordelia cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and arrested Aryan Khan and …

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