The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR towards Indian Revenue Services (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede and 4 others for allegedly looking for Rs 25 crore bribe for not framing actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in drug bust case, information company PTI quoted officers as saying. The investigation company additionally performed searches at premises of the NCB’s former Mumbai zonal chief Wankhede, PTI quoted the officers as saying additional. Aryan Khan was arrested on October 2, 2021 in an alleged drug bust case on the Cordelia cruise ship. The Narcotics (*25*) Bureau (NCB) filed a charge-sheet within the drugs-on-cruise case and gave a clear chit to Aryan Khan.
Meanwhile, an SIT arrange by the anti-drugs company claimed that the probe led by Sameer Wankhede had lapses. They mentioned the searches have been unfold throughout 29 places throughout Mumbai, Delhi, Ranchi and Kanpur.
It is alleged that IRS officer Wankhede and others had allegedly demanded Rs 25 crore bribe for not framing Aryan Khan within the alleged drug bust, they mentioned. The CBI obtained info that Rs 50 lakh was allegedly collected by the officer and his confederate as advance, the officers mentioned.
Wankhede, who headed the Narcotics (*25*) Bureau in Mumbai on the time of Aryan Khan’s arrest, was transferred to the Directorate General of Taxpayer Services in Chennai in May final 12 months.
