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Witness’ PSO’s affidavit claims Rs 8 crore payoff, NCB zonal chief denies charge
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MUMBAI: The seizure of contraband from a cruise liner on October 2 night leading to the arrest of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan has become murkier with the personal bodyguard of a witness filing an affidavit levelling serious allegations of a payoff to a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official.
The affidavit by Prabhakar Sail, bodyguard to drug case witness KP Gosavi, also mentions a meeting between Pooja Dadlani (Shah Rukh’s manager), Gosavi and one Sam D’Souza in the early hours of October 3 in Lower Parel. The affidavit states about payment of Rs 8 crore to be made to NCB zonal chief Sameer Wankhede.
Sail said he feared that NCB officials and others persons involved may kill him or abduct him like Gosavi. Gosavi has not been traceable since NCP minister Nawab Malik sparked a controversy over including him as witness. He had questioned the decision to make Gosavi, against whom criminal cases were pending, a witness. Pune police have even issued a lookout notice against Gosavi for his involvement in a 2018 cheating case.
Wankhede has denied the allegations.
The raid began on October 2 and continued till the next day. Aryan and two others were arrested on October 3 after hours of interrogation. The affidavit also states that Aryan was brought from the international cruise terminal to the NCB office in Ballard Pier in Gosavi’s vehicle.
The affidavit, dated October 23, sworn before notary RB Gupta has provided details of a series of events that unfolded on the night before the raid.
Sail has narrated one of the conversations: “Till such time we reached Lower Parel, Gosavi was talking to Sam on the phone and stated that you put a bomb of Rs 25 crore and let’s settle at 18 because we have to give 8 crore to Sameer Wankhede.”
Sail said he was instructed by Gosavi to come to the NCB office on October 2. “I asked the driver, Vijay Suryavanshi, where Gosavi is. He told me Gosavi is in the NCB office and is in a meeting with NCB official…At 10.30pm, I was called by Gosavi in the boarding area (where the cruise ship was docked) and I saw Aryan Khan in one of the cabins at the cruise boarding area. I also saw one girl, Munmun Dhamecha, and a few others with NCB officials,” said Sail. Aryan, his friend Arbaaz Merchant and Dhamecha were arrested together.
After the raid, Gosavi drove the Innova, along with Aryan and NCB officials, to the agency’s office at Ballard pier, while Sail came on foot.
“I reached there and Wankhede instructed his staff to take my signature and one Salekar took 10 signatures on blank papers and took my Aadhaar card details…After a while Gosavi came down the NCB office and met Sam D’Souza and later we drove towards Lower Parel and Sam’s car followed us.”
Sail claimed that after a few minutes, a blue Mercedes came and Dadlani stepped out. Dadlani, Sam and Gosavi sat in the car and were talking. Then they all left. After driving Gosavi to his residence at Vashi, Sail was asked to go to Tardeo near the Indiana hotel and collect Rs 50 lakh cash.
Sail said that when he reached there, a car arrived and a man gave him two bags full of cash which he handed over to Gosavi. Later, Gosavi asked Sail to hand over the cash to Sam at Trident Hotel. When Sail reached the hotel and handed over the cash, Sam said that there was only Rs 38 lakh.
The affidavit by Prabhakar Sail, bodyguard to drug case witness KP Gosavi, also mentions a meeting between Pooja Dadlani (Shah Rukh’s manager), Gosavi and one Sam D’Souza in the early hours of October 3 in Lower Parel. The affidavit states about payment of Rs 8 crore to be made to NCB zonal chief Sameer Wankhede.
Sail said he feared that NCB officials and others persons involved may kill him or abduct him like Gosavi. Gosavi has not been traceable since NCP minister Nawab Malik sparked a controversy over including him as witness. He had questioned the decision to make Gosavi, against whom criminal cases were pending, a witness. Pune police have even issued a lookout notice against Gosavi for his involvement in a 2018 cheating case.
Wankhede has denied the allegations.
The raid began on October 2 and continued till the next day. Aryan and two others were arrested on October 3 after hours of interrogation. The affidavit also states that Aryan was brought from the international cruise terminal to the NCB office in Ballard Pier in Gosavi’s vehicle.
The affidavit, dated October 23, sworn before notary RB Gupta has provided details of a series of events that unfolded on the night before the raid.
Sail has narrated one of the conversations: “Till such time we reached Lower Parel, Gosavi was talking to Sam on the phone and stated that you put a bomb of Rs 25 crore and let’s settle at 18 because we have to give 8 crore to Sameer Wankhede.”
Sail said he was instructed by Gosavi to come to the NCB office on October 2. “I asked the driver, Vijay Suryavanshi, where Gosavi is. He told me Gosavi is in the NCB office and is in a meeting with NCB official…At 10.30pm, I was called by Gosavi in the boarding area (where the cruise ship was docked) and I saw Aryan Khan in one of the cabins at the cruise boarding area. I also saw one girl, Munmun Dhamecha, and a few others with NCB officials,” said Sail. Aryan, his friend Arbaaz Merchant and Dhamecha were arrested together.
After the raid, Gosavi drove the Innova, along with Aryan and NCB officials, to the agency’s office at Ballard pier, while Sail came on foot.
“I reached there and Wankhede instructed his staff to take my signature and one Salekar took 10 signatures on blank papers and took my Aadhaar card details…After a while Gosavi came down the NCB office and met Sam D’Souza and later we drove towards Lower Parel and Sam’s car followed us.”
Sail claimed that after a few minutes, a blue Mercedes came and Dadlani stepped out. Dadlani, Sam and Gosavi sat in the car and were talking. Then they all left. After driving Gosavi to his residence at Vashi, Sail was asked to go to Tardeo near the Indiana hotel and collect Rs 50 lakh cash.
Sail said that when he reached there, a car arrived and a man gave him two bags full of cash which he handed over to Gosavi. Later, Gosavi asked Sail to hand over the cash to Sam at Trident Hotel. When Sail reached the hotel and handed over the cash, Sam said that there was only Rs 38 lakh.
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