NCB’s Sameer Wankhede framed people in 26 fake cases: Nawab Malik

Nawab Malik said he received a letter by an anonymous NCB employee who accused Wankhede of allegedly framing people in 26 fake drug cases.

Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Tuesday kept up his attack on Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)’s zonal director Sameer Wankhede even as Mumbai Police started probing a series of allegations and rebuttals between the senior leader and the Indian Revenue service officer.

Nawab Malik, who tweeted a copy of the four-page letter, said he will send it to the NCB chief and ask him to look into the issue. (PTI)

Malik said he received a letter by an anonymous NCB employee who accused Wankhede of allegedly framing people in 26 fake drug cases. The minister, who tweeted a copy of the four-page letter, said he will send it to the NCB chief and ask him to look into the issue. He also wrote to NCB chief SN Pradhan. “The contents of the letter are very serious in nature and need thorough investigation. Since NCB has already started a probe against Wankhede, I will request...NCB (chief) to make the letter part of their investigation.”

The officer visited the agency’s headquarters in Delhi on Tuesday.

The developments came a day after the agency started probing allegations that Wankhede was part of a ₹25 crore extortion racket after the arrest of actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son, Aryan Khan, in a drug raid. Mumbai Police said it started probing Malik and Wankhede’s statement.“An officer of the rank of assistant commissioner of police will conduct an inquiry into all these matters and we will register an FIR if the material discloses commission of a cognisable offence,” said a senior IPS officer.