Former Mumbai NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede has reacted after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered a cash laundering case in opposition to him. Speaking to ETimes, Sameer mentioned that he’ll ‘give applicable reply in court docket on the applicable time’. The ED filed the case after taking cognisance of a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR in opposition to him in an alleged ₹25-crore bribe demand from Shah Rukh Khan’s household to spare his son Aryan Khan in a medication case, news company PTI reported on Saturday citing official sources. (Also Read | Sameer Wankhede posts cryptic tweet as Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘baap-beta’ line goes viral: ‘I fear no hell from you’)
What Sameer mentioned about ED case in opposition to him
Sameer mentioned, “ED had registered the said ECIR in 2023. It is surprising that this ECIR is based on the CBI FIR, which is already under question before the Bombay HC. Since the matter is subjudice, I don’t intend to comment anything further. I will give the appropriate reply in the court at the appropriate time. I reiterate that I have full faith in the Indian Judiciary. Satyamev Jayate.”
What step has ED taken
ED has booked the case beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), as per the PTI report. Some former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers have additionally been summoned. Sameer, a 2008-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the Customs and Indirect Taxes cadre, has moved the Bombay High Court searching for safety from any coercive motion by the anti-money laundering company.
Sameer was booked by CBI final yr
Sameer was booked by the CBI in May final yr on fees of searching for ₹25-crore bribe for not framing Aryan Khan within the drugs-on-cruise case, officers had mentioned. Aryan was arrested within the alleged drug bust case on the Cordelia cruise ship on October 2, 2021. The (CBI) booked Sameer Wankhede and others for alleged felony conspiracy (120-B IPC), and menace of extortion (388 IPC) in addition to provisions pertaining to bribery beneath the Prevention of Corruption Act on a grievance from the NCB.
More in regards to the case
A yr later, the NCB filed a cost sheet within the drugs-on-cruise case in opposition to 14 accused however gave a clear chit to Aryan. The case took a twist when an ‘unbiased witness’ had claimed in 2021 that ₹25 crore was demanded by an NCB official and different individuals, together with a witness Gosavi, to let off Aryan. The NCB later performed an inner vigilance probe in opposition to Sameer and others and shared the contents with the CBI, resulting in registration of a case in opposition to him.
with PTI inputs
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