NCB's Sameer Wankhede Meets Mumbai Police Commissioner Amid Drugs Case Probe

According to sources, meeting between the two officials went on for about 25 minutes.

Sameer Wankhede, Zonal Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau. (File Photo/ Getty)

Mumbai: Sameer Wankhede, the Zonal Director of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday met Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale amid the ongoing investigation into the high profile drug-on-cruise case which includes Shah Rukh Kha's son Aryan Khan.

According to sources, meeting between the two officials went on for about 25 minutes.

Wankhede was called in connection with the investigation related to the cast certificate.

Maharashtra: NCB Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede reaches the office of Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale to meet him

— ANI (@ANI) November 16, 2021

Earlier this month, Wankhede was shifted out from the investigations into the sensational cruise ship party raid of October 2 in which Aryan Khan was arrested.

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising officers from Operations Branch of the NCB Headquarters has been constituted to take over a total of six cases from NCB Mumbai Zonal Unit in order to conduct a deeper investigation to find out forward and backward linkages.

Wankhede has been in the line of fire for several allegations including corruption, fake caste certificate, a lavish lifestyle, and targeting high-profile individuals, especially from Bollywood and glamour industry with comparatively insignificant drug seizures, etc.

However, Wankhede vehemently denied all these allegations.

Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik and Wankhede have been engaged in an unprecedented war of words for the past one month, with the NCP leader making a series of shocking exposes on the NCB Mumbai head.

It all started with an unprecedented raid on an alleged rave party aboard the Cordelia Cruise ship last month where Wankhede and his team had made a big catch of Aryan Khan and seven others and later another 12 were arrested in the case which has hogged national attention for a month.