Cruise ship drug case: Witness claims payoffs, NCB denies
In a major twist in the cruise ship drug case involving Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, one of the witnesses on Sunday alleged collusion and pay-offs against the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) senior officer Sameer Wankhede and alleged private investigator KP Gosavi.
Mumbai: In a major twist in the cruise ship drug case involving Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, one of the witnesses on Sunday alleged collusion and pay-offs against the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) senior officer Sameer Wankhede and alleged private investigator KP Gosavi.
Wankhede has reportedly denied any wrongdoing, saying he would give "a fitting reply".
According to NDTV report, in an affidavit filed by Prabhakar Sail, the bodyguard of KP Gosavi, he claimed that he was present in a car and heard KP Gosavi speak to one Sam D'Souza of an Rs 18 crore deal, of which Rs 8 crore was to be paid to Sameer Wankhede.
Also, Sail claimed that the same evening, KP Gosavi, Sam D'Souza and Shah Rukh Khan's manager Pooja Dadlani, had a 15-minute meeting inside a car. He also said he had received the cash from KP Gosavi and handed it over to Sam D'Souza.
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However, the sources told the news channel that all the claims by the Sail are "baseless". Questioning if money had changed hands, "why would someone be in jail". Alleging that the claims were made "just to malign the (agency's) image", a source said, "There are CCTV cameras in the office and nothing of this sort happened".
The 23-year-old Aryan Khan was arrested by the NCB on October 3 along with his friend Arbaaz Merchant and six others following a raid on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai. The Special Court has rejected the bail plea of Aryan Khan on the grounds that WhatsApp chat of him reveals that his involvement in illicit drug activities.
