New Delhi: An ‘independent witness’ K P Gosavi planned to extort Rs 25 crore from Aryan Khan’s family, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the drugs case has revealed, reported ANI.
The CBI had recently filed an FIR against former Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede for allegedly seeking a Rs 25 crore bribe for not framing Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case.
A coordinated search operation was launched on Friday at 29 locations in Mumbai, Delhi, Ranchi, Lucknow, Guwahati and Chennai after filing the FIR against the 2008-batch IRS officer Wankhede and four others – then NCB Superintendent Vishwa Vijay Singh, Intelligence Officer Ashish Ranjan and two private persons K P Gosavi and Sanvile D’Souza in the case.
They booked Wankhede and others for alleged criminal conspiracy (120-B IPC), and threat of extortion (388 IPC) besides provisions pertaining to bribery under the Prevention of Corruption Act on a complaint from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the report added.
Wankhede alleged that he was being punished for being a patriot. His statement came in response to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids raided his residence and other premises on Friday. Wankhede alleged that 18 CBI officials raided his house on Sunday, while his wife and children were present in his house, Mint reported.
“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,” Wankhede was quoted as saying.
He further claimed that CBI officials also took the phone of his wife Kranti Redkar in their possession. Apart from that, CBI recovered Rs 28,000 from his sister Yasmin Wankhede’s house and Rs 28,000 from his father Dnyaneshwar Wankhede’s house. Rs 1800 were also recovered from Sameer the residence of Wankhede’s father-in-law.
