The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a corruption case against IRS officer Sameer Wankhede and others. The search operation is going on at 29 locations including Mumbai, Ranchi, Kanpur, Delhi. The CBI has booked the then Zonal Director of Mumbai NCB Sameer Wankhede and 4 others under sections of Prevention of Corruption and IPC.
After investigation, the vigilance team of NCB requested the CBI to investigate the matter. Investigation revealed that the Zonal Director, Mumbai NCB and other accused had demanded bribe in lieu of settling Case No. 94/2021 registered by NCB and also took some money.
Sameer Wankhede, former Mumbai zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), hit the headlines in October, 2021 following the high-profile NCB raid on a Mumbai cruise, following which the agency arrested actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan Was. , and also claimed to have seized 19 others and some narcotics. NCB later gave a clean chit to Aryan Khan.
The CBI in its FIR has alleged that Wankhede and others demanded Rs 25 crore and extorted Rs 50 lakh in the Cordelia Cruz Aryan Khan case.
Earlier, the Thane police had registered an FIR against former Mumbai zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, Sameer Wankhede, for alleged forgery in connection with a license he had procured for a bar and hotel he owned in Navi Mumbai.
Wankhede, who is facing probe for allegedly submitting fake caste certificate to get a government job, was given a clean chit by the Caste Inquiry Committee.
Registering the case, the CBI today raided 29 locations of Sameer Wankhede and other accused including Mumbai, Delhi, Ranchi, Lucknow, Chennai and Guwahati and recovered all suspicious papers, cash and articles. It is expected that CBI may soon summon Sameer Wankhede and other accused for further investigation.