Union Minister Athawale says NCB’s Wankhede has not done anything wrong, slams Nawab Malik for targeting him
The Hindu
“The state government should ensure there is no threat to Wankhede’s life,” said the Union Minister.
Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday termed the allegations levelled by Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik against Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)’s zonal director Sameer Wankhede as “baseless” and “mischievous”, and defended the officer saying he has not done anything wrong.
Mr. Athawale also said the state government should ensure that Mr. Wankhede is not harmed and that there is no threat to his life.
Mr. Malik, a leader of the ruling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has been repeatedly targeting the NCB and Mr. Wankhede, who had supervised the raid on a cruise liner off the Mumbai coast earlier this month that led to the alleged recovery of drugs and the arrest of Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan.