NCB Team To Probe Anti-Drugs Officer Sameer Wankhede In Mumbai Tomorrow
NDTV
Sameer Wankhede had come to Delhi yesterday, but brushed away suggestions that he had been summoned by his bosses. The officer had filed an affidavit in court refuting the minister's allegations.
A five-member team from the vigilance section of the Narcotics Control Bureau will go to Mumbai tomorrow to investigate the allegations against Sameer Wankhede, the zonal officer in charge of the drugs on cruise ship case. The agency had ordered a vigilance inquiry into the bribery allegations made against the officer by a man named as a witness in the case. Mr Wankhede is also facing a series of allegations from Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik that range from extortion to illegal phone tapping and cornering quota meant for Scheduled Castes through forged documents.
Tweeting a letter with 26 allegations, Mr Malik has been insistent that the officer be investigated. Earlier today, the drugs control agency's Deputy Director General Mutha Ashok Jain said they will take necessary action in the matter.
Mr Wankhede had come to Delhi yesterday, but brushed away suggestions that he had been summoned by his bosses. The officer had filed an affidavit in court refuting the minister's allegations.
After the bribery allegations by case witness Prabhakar Sail, he also wrote to the Mumbai police, alleging he is being framed.
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