Mumbai Police receives 4 pleas alleging extortion by Sameer Wankhede and NCB officials, launch probe

The Mumbai Police said they have received four applications so far alleging extortion by NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede and other agency officials and have launched a probe to verify these claims.

The Mumbai Police on Tuesday said they have received four applications so far alleging extortion by Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede and other officials, and have launched a probe to verify these claims.

One of the applications was sent by NCB independent witness Prabhakar Sail who had alleged that he had overheard K P Gosavi, another witness in the cruise ship raid case, talking to one Sam D'Souza over the phone about a demand of Rs 25 crore including Rs 8 crore for Sameer Wankhede.