CBI files corruption case against Aryan Khan case officer Sameer Wankhede

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The Cetral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a corruption case on Friday against former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede who was leading the investigation in a case involving actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan. 

Searches are underway at his residence in Andheri and other premises in Mumbai.  The CBI is conducting raids at up to 29 locations in Mumbai, Delhi, Ranchi, and Kanpur.

According to various media reports, the CBI in its FIR has alleged that Wankhede and others demanded Rs 25 crore in Aryan Khan case and took Rs 50 lakh as extortion.

The case was registered against three public servants, including Sameer Wankhede. The CBI conducted a preliminary investigation based on a vigilance complaint before filing the corruption case against Wankhede, an Indian Revenue Service officer.

It was discovered throughout the diligence investigation that Sameer Wankhede accumulated wealth through corruption. During the viligance inquiry, it was found that Sameer Wankhede amassed assets through corruption.

Aryan Khan and many other people were detained by the NCB on October 2, 2021, following searches conducted at the Cordelia Cruise Ship at the Mumbai International Cruise Terminal on suspicion of narcotics possession, use, and trafficking.

The Bombay High Court granted bail to Aryan Khan on October 28, 2021, rejecting NCB's allegations of a bigger narcotics plot due to a lack of supporting evidence.

A special investigative team (SIT) led by deputy director general Sanjay Kumar Singh was reportedly created by the NCB to reexamine the searches. The SIT discovered a number of abnormalities in the raid but was unable to uncover any proof that Aryan Khan was a part of a bigger drug plot or an international drug trafficking organisation.

 Wankhede was later transferred to the DG Taxpayer Service Directorate in Chennai.