Twist in Aryan Khan case: Witness claims Rs 18 crore payoff, NCB denies

In a new twist in the Aryan Khan drug case, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) witness Prabhakar Sail filed an affidavit, saying that he heard KP Gosavi and Sam D'Souza talk about a payoff of Rs 25 crore and finally settle at Rs 18 crore, as they had to give Rs 8 crores to NCB officer Sameer Wankhede.

KP Gosavi is the alleged private investigator whose selfie with Aryan Khan went viral. Prabhakar Sail claims to be a personal bodyguard to KP Gosavi.

Reports citing NCB sources say, this is a baseless claim, adding that they had never met Prabhakar Sail before October 2. NCB sources also say, if money had changed hands, "why would someone be in jail?"

The NCB alleges these kind of claims are being made 'to malign the central agency's image. Reports quoting NCB sources say, there are CCTV cameras in the office and nothing of this sort happened.

Earlier, Nawab Malik had accused Sameer Wankhede of procedural lapses and irregularities after the NCB raided a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai early this month, and arrested several people, including film superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan, in a drugs case.