Arbaaz Merchant and Achit Kumar were called for questioning by the Delhi NCB SIT team. Both have reached the NCB office. In the 6 cases which the NCB SIT is investigating, all those accused will be called for questioning. Aryan Khan and Nawab Malik’s son-in-law Sameer Khan will also be summoned.
Meanwhile, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) reached Mumbai on Saturday, a day after the agency shifted the probe into six cases, including the controversial cruise drugs case, in which Shah Rukh KhanThe son of Aryan Khan was arrested. The team, which took off from Delhi, visited the NCB’s regional office in south Mumbai in the afternoon, an official said.
Senior IPS officer Sanjay Kumar Singh, who is heading the SIT, DDG operations at the NCB headquarters, said, “We have taken over some cases and we will start the investigation.”
When asked whether the cases would be re-investigated, he said, “First I look at the record of the case and progress in the investigation so far, then we will take a decision.” “Right now, only further investigation will be done in those cases,” he added.
The NCB had said on Friday that the team would investigate six cases of national and international ramifications to conduct a thorough probe to find out the back-and-forth links.
NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede said he was not the investigating officer in these cases, adding that he was a supervisory officer as a zonal director and his role would remain the same.
Meanwhile, NCP leader Nawab Malik said that the skeletons will come out in the investigation.
“I had demanded SIT probe to investigate Sameer Dawood Wankhede for kidnapping and demanding ransom from Aryan Khan. Now 2 SITs are formed (state and centre), let’s see who takes out skeleton from Wankhede cell and gives it to him. exposes and his nefarious personal army,” tweeted the senior Maharashtra minister.
The NCB last month arrested Aryan Khan and at least 19 others in the drugs case in the Cruise case and Wankhede is facing a departmental vigilance inquiry after an independent witness in the case was forced to act by those involved in the investigation. Tried recovery. Aryan Khan was released on bail on 30 October.
Wankhede has denied any wrongdoing.
– With inputs from Rajeev Singh, Rajesh and PTI
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