Mumbai : NCP Spokesperson and Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik continuing the war of words, allegedly questions the NCB official Sameer Wankhede that, is his sister-in-law involved in drugs trade? Responding to the charge, Wankhede stressed that he had nothing to do with the case cited by Malik.
It all began with the fresh allegations by Nawab Malik on Sameer Wankhede. Nawab Malik wanted to know that if Sameer Wankhede’s sister-in-law Harshada Dinanath Redkar is involved in the drug business or not. “Sameer Dawood Wankhede, is your sister-in-law Harshada Dinanath Redkar involved in the drug business? You must answer because her case is pending before the Pune court,” the minister tweeted, sharing screenshot of a document which shows Harshada Dinanath Redkar listed under ‘Respondent and Advocate.’
Sameer Dawood Wankhede, is your sister-in-law Harshada Dinanath Redkar involved in the drug business ?
— Nawab Malik نواب ملک नवाब मलिक (@nawabmalikncp) November 8, 2021
You must answer because her case is pending before the Pune court.
Here is the proof pic.twitter.com/FAiTys156F
The screenshot also shows that the case was registered on January 14, 2008, under Section 3458 of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs And Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The first hearing took place on February 18, 2008, with the next scheduled for March 18, 2022, it further showed.
Responding to the allegations made by Nawab Malik, Sameer Wankhede states that he wasn’t even at service to the nation at that time. He said, “I wasn’t even in the service when the case happened in January 2008. I married Kranti Redkar in 2017. How am I associated with it anyway?”
I wasn't even in service when the case happened in Jan 2008. I married Kranti Redkar in 2017, then how am I associated with the case anyway?: Mumbai NCB Zonal Dir Sameer Wankhede (in file pic) on Maharashtra Min Nawab Malik's tweet on his sister-in-law Harshada Dinanath Redkar pic.twitter.com/cr0zXnq5VX
— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2021
This latest attack by Malik comes a day after he alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mohit Bharatiya, also known as Mohit Kamboj, was the mastermind behind the recent drugs-on-cruise case, which was being probed by a team led by Sameer Wankhede. The minister has, throughout this episode, levelled a series of allegations against the officer, including that he forged his birth certificate to secure job under the Scheduled Caste category, framed people in 26 fake cases etc.
Last Friday, the anti-drugs agency transferred a total of six cases being investigated by its Mumbai unit to its operations branch in Delhi. These include the drugs-on-cruise case and a case in which Malik’s son-in-law Sameer Khan was arrested by the NCB in January this year. Khan was granted bail on September 27.
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