Anti-Drugs Officer Fends Off WhatsApp Chat Charge By Maharashtra Minister
NDTV
Sameer Wankhede is the lead investigator in the drugs-on-cruise case, over which Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan, has been arrested
NCB officer Sameer Wankhede - investigating the Aryan Khan drug case - has hit back at Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik after comments about his expensive clothes - "shirts worth Rs 50,000" and allegations of a WhatsApp chat link between his sister (a lawyer) and a now-jailed drug smuggler.
Mr Wankhede said a drug peddler had approached his sister, Yasmeen Wankhede, for legal representation, but was told that she did not handle cases under the NDPS, or the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The NCB officer slammed Mr Malik for making "false allegations".
"A (drug) peddler, Salman, approached my sister... but she doesn't take NDPS cases, so she sent him back. Salman tried to trap us via a middleman. He was arrested and is in jail. False allegations being levelled by sharing his WhatsApp chat," Mr Wankhede was quoted by news agency ANI.
Earlier today Nationalist Congress Party leader Mr Malik, who has been relentless in his attacks on Sameer Wankhede and the NCB's handling of the drugs-on-cruise case, shared WhatsApp chats between Ms Wankhede and an unidentified phone number.
