Aryan Khan case: Centre orders action against Sameer Wankhede for 'shoddy probe', says report

With Aryan Khan not being named by the Narcotics Control Bureau in the drugs-on-cruise case, the spotlight has shifted to Sameer Wankhade, the controversial officer of the probe agency who first probed the case.

Sameer Wankhede, who was the NCB's former zonal director of Mumbai, had led the raid on the Cordelia cruise ship in October 2021 and arrested Aryan Khan along with 22 others.

According to India Today, the union home ministry has called for appropriate action against former Narcotics Control Bureau official Sameer Wankhede for his "shoddy investigation" into the cruise drugs bust case.

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This comes after Aryan Khan was cleared by the NCB in the drugs-on-cruise case on Friday after the central agency filed a 6,000-page chargesheet.

The unnamed sources told India Today that the Centre is already taking action in Sameer Wankhede's fake caste certificate case.

NCP leader Nawab Malik had levelled allegations of caste certificate forgery againstWankhede, claiming that he was born a Muslim but forged his caste certificate to get into the civil services using a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes. However, Wankhede and his family have stated that the allegations were untrue.

Amid allegations of corruption against Wankhede, the case was transferred from the Mumbai zone to the central team of the NCB. He was removed from the case and a vigilance probe was initiated against him.