Mumbai: Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday extended his support to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede, who has been leading the probe in the drugs-on-cruise case in which Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is also facing trial.
Athawale, who is also the Republican Party of India (A) president, claimed Nawab Malik was “conspiring to defame” the officer and his family, even as he urged the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to stop doing so, reported news agency ANI. Recently, Malik accused Wankhede of using forged documents to obtain a government job under the Scheduled Caste (SC) category. According to the Maharashtra minister, Wankhede is a Muslim.
Sameer Wankhede has been under attack from Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, who has levelled several charges against the NCB official.
“If he says that Sameer is a Muslim then why is he, a Muslim too, levelling allegations? The Republican Party stands with them. Sameer won’t be harmed,” Athawale, the Union minister of state for the ministry of social justice and empowerment, also said responding to the allegations.
Wankhede has been refuting all allegations made by Malik.
“If he says that Sameer is a Muslim then why is he, a Muslim too, levelling allegations? The Republican Party stands with them. Sameer won’t be harmed,” Athawale, the Union minister of state for the ministry of social justice and empowerment, also said responding to the allegations.
Wankhede has been refuting all allegations made by Malik.
Nawab Malik’s allegations
Nationalist congress party spokesperson and Minister in Maharashtra government Nawab Malik continues slamming NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede. On Saturday Malik made serious allegations against Wankhede. He said framing of people in fake cases are done through Wankhede’s office. He said no drugs found from anyone in Aryan Khan case. He alleged that Wankhede and his man plant drugs which is always available in Wankhede’s office.
Malik also alleged that Sameer Wankhede is running private army who implicate people in false case. He said KP Gosavi and Fletcher Patel like people are working privately for Wankhede.
Malik has accused Wankhede of using forged documents to obtain a government job under the Scheduled Caste (SC) category and said the senior NCB officer is a Muslim. All the allegations made by Malik after the drugs-on-cruise case grabbed national headlines have been refuted by Wankhede.
Speaking to reporters, Malik further said that while he was asked to stop from going ahead with his accusations against Wankhede, the Bollywood star was told his son was trapped as he spoke (his mind). “When I started (raising allegations against the NCB chief), people I know told me to stop. They said that Shah Rukh Khan is being told that his son is trapped as he (Khan) speaks. My lawyer son was being brainwashed by other lawyers. He used to tell me to stop: the Maharashtra minister was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
“Some people said that matters relating to drugs involve money, goons and I could lose my life. Attempts were made to silence me. But I had said that we will take this to a logical end. If someone says they will kill Nawab Malik, then I’ll die the day I have to,” he further said.
Malik is the only leader from Maharashtra government who is single handedly targeting NCB, Sameer Wankhede and BJP over the arrest of Aryan Khan and others. He has made series of allegations against Wankhede. On other hand Mumbai police is also investigating allegations made against Wankhede.
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