NCB official used fake caste certificate: Minister
The Hindu
Navab Malik releases Wankhede’s birth certificate, wedding photograph
In a series of new allegations against the zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Sameer Wankhede, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik on Monday accused him of using a fake scheduled caste certificate to become an IRS officer. The Minister released a set of documents, including the officer’s birth certificate, claiming the latter is Muslim by birth.
In the latest allegations against the controversial officer, Mr. Malik said: “Sameer Dawood Wankhede is a Muslim by birth. He forged a caste certificate claiming to Scheduled Caste. I have given his birth certificate which mentions his father’s name was Dawood Wankhede, who had converted to Islam. He used fake caste certificate and denied a true Dalit the opportunity to become the officer.”
A photo of Mr. Wankhede’s first marriage with one Dr. Shabana Qureshi in 2006 was also released on Twitter.
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