Mumbai Drug Bust LIVE Updates: NCB's New Probe Officer Sanjay Singh Arrives in Mumbai; Sameer Wankhede to 'Assist'

NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede told News18 on Saturday he will continue assisting in the cases he was transferred from yesterday as a lead investigator. NCB DDG Operations Sanjay Singh said Wankhede will continue assisting in the cases, and that investigations had already begun.

NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede told News18 on Saturday he will continue assisting in the cases he was transferred from yesterday as a lead investigator. NCB DDG Operations Sanjay Singh said Wankhede will continue assisting in the cases, and that investigations had already begun.

NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede told News18 on Saturday he will continue assisting in the cases he was transferred from yesterday as a lead investigator. NCB DDG Operations Sanjay Singh said Wankhede will continue assisting in the cases, and that investigations had already begun.

BJP leader Mohit Bharatiya on Saturday alleged that one Sunil Patil from Dhule, “who is closely associated with NCP leaders including former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh”, is the mastermind of the cruise drug bust episode in which Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is an accused. Addressing a press conference here, Bharatiya also alleged that Deshmukh had met a drug peddler and Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s aide Chinku Pathan at the Sahyadri state guest house here when a strict lockdown was in force. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik termed the allegations an “unsuccessful attempt by (NCB Mumbai zonal director) Sameer Wankhede’s private army to misguide and divert the attention from the truth”. Bharatiya, a former general secretary of Mumbai BJP, also claimed that Kiran Gosavi, a witness of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the drugs-on-cruise case, is an associate of Sunil Patil. He claimed Patil had been in touch with Sam D’Souza and Gosavi since October 1 before the cruise ship was raided by the NCB.

Wankhede, who has been the key investigator in important cases ranging from Indian youth training in Syria under the Islamic State to murders of political party workers in Gujarat, was hired by the NCB after the agency noticed his investigation in terror-related cases. READ MORE

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede, who is facing a slew of allegations ranging from bribery, extortion and questions over his ‘extravagant’ personal lifestyle, has been removed from his role as the lead investigator in the Mumbai drugs bust case in which Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is an accused. READ MORE

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) reached Mumbai, a day after the agency transferred investigation in six cases, including the controversial cruise drugs case in which Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested, to it. The team which flew in from Delhi, later left for the NCB zonal office in south Mumbai, an official said. It is headed by senior IPS officer Sanjay Kumar Singh, DDG Operations at NCB headquarters.

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) reached Mumbai, a day after the agency transferred investigation in six cases, including the controversial cruise drugs case in which Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested, to it. The team which flew in from Delhi, later left for the NCB zonal office in south Mumbai, an official said. It is headed by senior IPS officer Sanjay Kumar Singh, DDG Operations at NCB headquarters.

<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>&quot;We&#39;ve taken over a group of 6 cases. He (Sameer Wankhede) is the zonal director of Mumbai, we&#39;ll definitely take his assistance in the investigation,&quot; said Narcotics Control Bureau&#39;s DDG Sanjay Kumar Singh in Mumbai <a href=”https://t.co/egkhfHQFhf”>pic.twitter.com/egkhfHQFhf</a></p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=”https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1456892117863702535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>November 6, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>

The Mumbai Drug bust case took a dramatic turn on Friday when Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede attempted to downplay his removal from the role of a lead investigator by claiming that the move was in line with his demand for a central probe. When contacted, Wankhede emphasized that there are cases that he will still be leading and only those cases in which he had a problem have been handed over. READ MORE

Six high-profile drugs cases being probed by NCB’s zonal team in Mumbai under Sameer Wankhede have now been transferred to a central unit of the drugs control agency. Sources close to Wankhede exclusively told CNN-News18 that these cases will now be handled by a special investigation team from the NCB headquarters in Delhi. However, Wankhede will continue to assist the central team in the Aryan Khan case, according to sources. READ MORE

ensitive cases with international links and wider nexus with Indian beneficiaries are among the six investigations transferred from NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede, sources told News18. Wankhede has been ‘removed’ as the lead investigator in the Mumbai drug bust case in which Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is an accused. READ MORE

1) Aryan Khan

2) Samir Khan

3) Mumbra case

4) Jogeshwari case

5) Dongri case

6) Arman Kohli case.

After news of Sameer Wankhede being removed from the Mumbai drug bust probe emerged, top NCB sources told News18 that he is “a seasoned officer with a vast investigations experience.” They said he was being removed from a few cases handled by him, mainly those with international ramifications. “Any shift of case shouldn’t be taken otherwise. We value Sameer as an officer and there is nothing against him,” they said.

A top Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Wankhede was the one who probed actress Rhea Chakraborty’s drugs conspiracy link in connection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. Coincidentally, Wankhede also has a special Bollywood connection, beyond his call of duty. He is married to popular Marathi actress Kranti Redkar who has worked with actor Ajay Devgn in his 2003 film Gangajal. Wankhede and Kranti tied the knot in March 2017 in a private wedding ceremony. READ MORE

NCB Deputy Director-General (northern region) Gyaneshwar Singh is conducting a departmental vigilance probe into allegations of extortion made in the drugs-on-cruise case in which Wankhede and his team had arrested actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan and seven others on October 3 from the international cruise terminal in Mumbai. READ MORE

Maharashtra BJP leader Nitesh Rane reacted to Sameer Wankhede being removed from the Mumbai drug bust case, saying it was “never about one NCB officer”.