Anti-Drug Officer Must Act Against Minister Targeting Him, Says BJP Leader
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Sameer Wankhede recently led the Narcotics Control Bureau's drug bust on a cruise ship in which actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan was arrested
NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede should take "necessary action" so that Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik, who has been targeting the officer, realises "consequences", state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil said today.
Mr Malik, the state minority affairs minister, has been targeting Mr Wankhede who recently led the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) drug bust on a cruise ship in which actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan was arrested.
Asked by reporters about Mr Malik's claim that Mr Wankhede will lose his job within a year, Mr Patil said, "His statement against an officer from the central agency will have consequences, and Wankhede should take necessary action to show what these consequences can be."
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