Aryan Khan bribery case: CBI charges Wankhede, he says 'have full faith in federal agency'

The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the CBI not to take any "coercive action" such as arrest till May 22 against former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede, accused of demanding Rs 25 crore bribe from superstar Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan Khan in the Cordelia cruise `drug bust' case.

Wankhede, an Indian Revenue Service official who was posted with the Narcotics Control Bureau here in 2021, has moved the court with a petition seeking to quash the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation against him for alleged extortion and bribery.

A vacation bench of the court passed the order after recording Wankhede's undertaking that he will remain present at the CBI's office in Bandra Kurla Complex here at 11 am on Saturday.

The CBI shall not take any "coercive action" against Wankhede till May 22, the HC said.