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NCB Mumbai zonal chief Sameer Wankhede’s tenure ends today
By IndianMandarins- 31 Dec 2021
5689New Delhi (31.12.2021): The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal chief Sameer Wankhede’s tenure comes to an end today. Wankhede is a 2008-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer. He drew limelight in the arrest of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case. Wankhede recently said that he will not seek an extension of his term with the NCB. It is not yet clear where he would be posted after his NCB deputation ends. Sameer Wankhede made a prolonged investigation into the alleged Bollywood drugs syndicate after actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death by suicide. In this case, he interrogated actor Rhea Chakraborty and several other high-profile Bollywood personalities. Many of these Bollywood actors were arrested by the NCB under Wankhede. He was on a deputation to NCB since September 2020. In October, a team led by Sameer Wankhede allegedly recovered drugs during a raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and arrested Aryan Khan along with others. Subsequently, there was a controversy about the credentials of independent witnesses used by the NCB during the raid.
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NCB Mumbai zonal chief Sameer Wankhede’s tenure ends today
By IndianMandarins - 2021-12-31 12:06:00
New Delhi (31.12.2021): The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal chief Sameer Wankhede’s tenure comes to an end today. Wankhede is a 2008-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer. He drew limelight in the arrest of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case.
Wankhede recently said that he will not seek an extension of his term with the NCB. It is not yet clear where he would be posted after his NCB deputation ends.
Sameer Wankhede made a prolonged investigation into the alleged Bollywood drugs syndicate after actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death by suicide. In this case, he interrogated actor Rhea Chakraborty and several other high-profile Bollywood personalities. Many of these Bollywood actors were arrested by the NCB under Wankhede. He was on a deputation to NCB since September 2020.
In October, a team led by Sameer Wankhede allegedly recovered drugs during a raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and arrested Aryan Khan along with others. Subsequently, there was a controversy about the credentials of independent witnesses used by the NCB during the raid.
