The CBI has sought the Bombay High Court to recall its earlier order granting interim protection from arrest to NCB’s former Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede, saying it has a prima facie case against him on charges of extortion and bribery. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought the … Read more
Sameer Wankhede. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Delhi High Court on May 17 granted protection from arrest (no coercive action) till May 22 to former Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede with liberty to approach the Bombay High Court for further relief. Mr. Wankhede had moved the Delhi High Court and stated that the … Read more
The Director of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has removed IRS officer Sameer Wankhede as the supervisory officer in six cases including those against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son, Aryan, actor Armaan Kholi and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik’s son-in-law Sameer Khan. These cases have now been transferred from the Mumbai unit to … Read more
Narcotic Control Bureau zonal director Sameer Wankhede will remain the investigating officer in the drugs-on-ship case until ‘substantial information’ is found against him, NCB deputy director general (northern region) Gyaneshwar Singh has said. A five-member team led by Singh had earlier in the day recorded Wankhede’s statement for four hours during its probe against him … Read more
Maharashtra NCP minister Nawab Malik on Monday claimed that Narcotics Control Bureau’s zonal director Sameer Wankhede used forged documents including his birth certificate. Malik tweeted a photo of the purported certificate, saying “Sameer Dawood Wankhede ka yahan se shuru hua furjiwada. (Sameer Dawood Wankhede’s document forging started from here).” Wankhede, an IRS officer of the … Read more
Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday termed the allegations levelled by Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik against NCB‘s zonal director Sameer Wankhede as “baseless” and “mischievous”, and defended the officer saying he has not done anything wrong. Athawale also said the state government should ensure that Wankhede is not harmed and that there is no threat … Read more