Sameer Wankhede gets reprieve from Bombay HC: ‘my apprehension is they will arrest me’

The Mumbai zonal chief of the Narcotics Control Bureau, Sameer Wankhede on Thursday approached the Bombay high court and sought protection from any coercive action.

"I am personally attacked by the state. My apprehension is they will arrest me. I want interim protection in the form of no coercive action," Wankhede told the court.

He also prayed for transferring the investigation undertaken by the Maharashtra state government to any central agency or to the CBI.

The division bench of the Bombay high court is hearing Sameer Wankhede's plea. The Maharashtra government's lawyer said they will give prior notice of 72 hours if an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act is registered.

An investigating officer of the drugs-on-cruise case in which Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan has been arrested, Sameer Wankhede is now on the radar of the state government with several accusations hanging over his head. Apart from procedural irregularities, extortion, Wankhede has been accused of forgery of documents as well.

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