Extortion and bribery case: Bombay High Court extends Sameer Wankhede’s interim protection from arrest till June 23
The Hindu
The Bombay High Court on June 8 extended till June 23 the interim protection from arrest granted to NCB’s former Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede in the CBI’s case of extortion and bribery against him
The Bombay High Court on June 8 extended till June 23 the interim protection from arrest granted to Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) former Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede in the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) case of extortion and bribery against him.
The CBI's case is that Mr. Wankhede and four other accused had demanded ₹25 crore bribe from actor Shah Rukh Khan for not framing his son Mr. Aryan Khan following alleged seizure of drugs from a cruise ship in October 2021.
A Division Bench of Justices A S Gadkari and S G Dige said it would hear Mr. Wankhede's plea seeking to quash the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) FIR in the case on June 23.
Mr. Wankhede's counsel Aabad Ponda told the HC that as per Court's earlier direction, the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer appeared before the CBI for interrogation seven times and has been cooperating.
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