Summary:
Mumbai, Oct 21 (PTI) Training his guns again on Narcotics Control Bureau"s (NCB) Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede, Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik on Thursday claimed the officer was specifically brought in to the agency by the central government after the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput last year.
Malik also alleged that Rajput"s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty was implicated in a “fake case” by the NCB.
Wankhede supervised a raid on a cruise liner off the Mumbai coast earlier this month that led to the alleged recovery of drugs, following which Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan"s son Aryan Khan and some other people were arrested by the NCB.
Malik has repeatedly claimed the case related to the alleged recovery of banned drugs from the ship was "fake" and arrests were made just on the basis of WhatsApp chats.
The NCP leader"s son-in-law Sameer Khan was also arrested b in a drugs case in January this year and he was granted bail last month.
“After Sushant Singh Rajput"s suicide, a special officer was brought in to the NCB.