Former Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede, who is accused of allegedly demanding a bribe of ₹25 crore for not framing Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case, on Saturday said that he was being punished for being a patriot.
He alleged that 18 CBI officials raided his house while his wife and children were present in the house. His statement came in response to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids on his residence and other premises on Friday.
“I am getting rewarded for being a patriot, yesterday 18 CBI officials raided my residence and searched it for more than 12 hours while my wife and children were present in the house. They found ₹23,000 and four property papers. These assets were acquired before I joined the service,” said Wankhede as quoted by ANI.
He further claimed that CBI officials also took his wife Kranti Redkar’s phone in their possession. Apart from that, the federal agency recovered ₹28,000 from his sister Yasmin Wankhede’s house and ₹28,000 from his father Dnyaneshwar Wankhede’s house. Around ₹1800 was also recovered from Sameer the residence of Wankhede’s father-in-law, ANI reported.
On Friday, CBI conducted searches at 29 locations across the country following the alleged corruption case against him and three others linked to the Aryan Khan drugs case.
The central investigation agency also registered a case against former Mumbai NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede and three others in connection with a corruption case related to the Aryan Khan drugs-on-cruise case. The agency raided 29 locations in Mumbai, Delhi, Ranchi (Jharkhand) and Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh).
Wankhede had raided Cordelia Cruise and arrested Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in an alleged drug case.
(With ANI inputs)
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