"Prove Minister Nawab Malik's Claims Are False": Court To Anti-Drugs Officer's Father

Sameer Wankhede, the court said, is a public official and any member of the public has the right to examine him

Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik must file an affidavit that his claims about Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede is a Muslim by birth, and the birth certificate he tweeted, are verified, the Bombay High Court said today while hearing the defamation suit Mr Wankhede's father has slapped on the minister. 

Questioning if he verified all he tweeted - as the spokesman of a national political party and a responsible citizen -- the court said, "I want an affidavit from you that the information is verified. It can be a one-page affidavit". The matter will be heard next on November 12.

Sameer Wankhede, the court said, is a public official and any member of the public has the right to examine him. It depends on Dnyandev Wankhede to prove what the minister is saying is false, added the single judge bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar.  

"You have to prove prima facie that what he is saying is false. The son is not an individual. He is a public official and any member of the public can examine him... Show me every tweet and how according to you it is false," the judge added.